Elephant seals sleep in the snow
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09 Dec, 2008
Further inland we crossed a small stream running down to the beach through the snow covered tussock grass. Here we made our first acquaintance with Southern elephant seals.
The Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) were completely relaxed with us and watched us with enormous round liquid eyes. Some were moulting, some were watching us but most were in a very deep sleep.
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Country: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Habitat: Polar Ice
Location: Fortuna Bay
Tags: Mirounga leonina, Mirounga, Leonina, Snow, Moulting, Tussock grass, Breeding, Season, Sleeping, Lazy, Pierre Minnie, Vanessa Stephen, Southern elephant seal, Mammals, Vertebrates, Fortuna Bay, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica, Polar Ice
