Elephant Seal Pup Vocalizing Next to Adult on Beach
Saturday, January 24th, 2026 at 11:35:42 PM · 2026/Drakes Beach Elephant Seal Pups
This wildlife photograph captures an intimate moment between two elephant seals resting on a sandy beach. The seal in the foreground appears to be a younger individual, possibly a pup, with its mouth wide open in what seems to be a vocalization or yawn. Its darker, wetter skin contrasts with the larger, sand-covered adult seal beside it. The beach setting shows characteristic gray-beige sand with scattered debris, and shallow water visible in the blurred background. The image conveys the natural behavior and family dynamics of these marine mammals during their haul-out period.
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