Anaspides

Seals & Sea Lions (<< )

Pinipeds are a diverse family of marine mammals which include the fur seals, sea lions and elephant seals.

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  • Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) - Alaska
  • Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) - California
  • Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) - California
  • Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) - California
  • Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) - California
  • Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) - California
  • Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) - California
  • Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) - California
  • New Zealand Male Hooker Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) - New Zealand
  • New Zealand Male Hooker Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) - New Zealand
  • New Zealand Male Hooker Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) - New Zealand
  • ANew Zealand Male Hooker Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) covers itself with damp sand in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Many seal species cover themselves with sand in an attempt to keep cool and to protect themselves from becoming sunburnt
  • New Zealand Male Hooker Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) - New Zealand
  • New Zealand Female Hooker Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) - New Zealand
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) covers itself with damp sand in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Many seal species cover themselves with sand in an attempt to keep cool and to protect themselves from becoming sunburnt
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) - Kangaroo Island
  • New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) covers itself with damp sand to protect its skin from sun damage and to to cool itself
  • New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) covers itself with damp sand to protect its skin from sun damage and to to cool itself
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) Flings sand onto its back while resting on a beach. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) Flings sand onto its back while resting on a beach. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) Flings sand onto its back while resting on a beach. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Female southern elephant seals rest on a beach in the Falkland Islands
  • A female southern elephant seal lies adjacent to a whale bone in the Falkland Islands
  • A young female southern elephant seal in the Falkland Islands
  • A female young southern elephant seal looks at the photographer with large eyes in the Falkland Islands
  • A young female southern elephant seal in the Falkland Islands
  • A young female southern elephant seal opens its mouth showing its dog-like teeth
  • A mature female southern elephant seal and young rest on the kelp weed in the Falkland Islands
  • A mature female southern elephant seal and young rest on the kelp weed in the Falkland Islands
  • Flippers poised as if in prayer, a female southern elephant seal sleeps in the morning sun on a beach in the Falkland Islands
  • A young female southern elephant seal in the Falkland Islands
  • Female southern elephant seal
  • Female southern elephant seal
  • A female southern elephant seal raises its head, opens its mouth and "barks" on a beach in the Falkland Islands
  • A female southern elephant seal raises its head, opens its mouth and "barks" on a beach in the Falkland Islands
  • A female southern elephant seal raises its head, opens its mouth and "barks" on a beach in the Falkland Islands
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flings sand onto its back while resting on a beach. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flings sand onto its back while resting on a beach. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flings sand onto its back while resting on a beach. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern elephant seals lie above the low tide mark on a remote Falkland Island beach
  • Southern elephant seal rests on a beach. Seals use their flippers as a way of regulating internal temperatures
  • A female southern elephant seals looks curiously at the photographer
  • Southern elephant seals can spend hours resting during the day
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Female southern elephant seals have the cutest of eyes - large and dark
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) flings loose sand over its body in an attempt to cool itself in the mid morning sun. Sand also acts as a barrier to sunburn
  • A southern elephant seal spies the shoreline as it lifts its head and opens its nostrils to breath
  • Sleeping female southern elephant seal
  • Large eyes and rolls of blubber are trademarks of southern elephant seals
  • Large eyes and rolls of blubber are trademarks of southern elephant seals
  • Female southern elephant seal on kelp bed in Falkland Islands
  • Female southern elephant seal
  • A young female southern elephant seal keeps close to mother
  • A Southern elephant seal opens its mouth as a warning
  • A Southern elephant seal opens its mouth as a warning
  • A southern elephant seal opens it mouth and bellows
  • A southern elephant seal opens it mouth and bellows
  • A young southern elephant seal raises its flipper as if saying "why me"!
  • Young southern elephant seal
  • A young southern elephant seal playing with her flippers
  • A young southern elephant seal playing with her flippers
  • A young southern elephant seal playing with her flippers
  • A sub-adult male southern elephant seal lumbers forward with mouth open bellowing
  • The characteristic proboscis of a sub-adult male southern elephant seal
  • The characteristic proboscis of a sub-adult male southern elephant seal is shown as it bellows a warning
  • Fighting is a characteristic of southern elephant seals and young males often jostle in training for future competitive fights
  • A female southern elephant seal arches itself upwards and bellows
  • Southern elephant seal
  • Southern elephant seal
  • A skua sits quietly on her nest in low grass in the Falkland Islands
  • Southern elephant seals rest on a secluded beach
  • Southern elephant seal on kelp covered beach shows the telltale circular injury of a bite from a cookie cutter shark
  • Southern elephant seal on kelp covered beach shows the telltale circular injury of a bite from a cookie cutter shark
  • Southern elephant seal on kelp covered beach shows the telltale circular injury of a bite from a cookie cutter shark
  • Southern elephant seal
  • Southern elephant seals - "Head to Tail"
  • Female southern elephant seal
  • Relaxing in the surf zone, a dark coloured female southern elephant seals folds her flippers on her chest
  • Female southern elephant seal
  • Large male bull southern elephant seals are commonly called "beach masters" or "lead seals". This male is in moulting phase and shedding its skin
  • Large male bull southern elephant seals are commonly called "beach masters" or "lead seals". They can be highly aggressive and often bellow out warnings to nearby seals. This male is in moulting phase and shedding its skin
  • A male southern elephant seal bellows
  • A male southern elephant seal bellows
  • A sub-adult male southern elephant seal shows its dog like teeth
  • Waves pound the shoreline of a remote boulder beach in the Falkland Islands
  • A southern elephant seal rests on a secluded beach ambivalent to the 40 knot winds that blows sand into her face
  • A southern elephant seal rests on a secluded beach ambivalent to the 40 knot winds that blows sand into her face
  • A southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • A southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) rests on a the beach with a thin sand covering. The sand acts as barrier to sunburn and also aids in keeping the animal cool during the day
  • A southern elephant seal rests on a secluded beach ambivalent to the 40 knot winds that blows sand into her face
  • A southern elephant seal rests on a secluded beach ambivalent to the 40 knot winds that blows sand into her face
  • A southern elephant seal rests on a secluded beach ambivalent to the 40 knot winds that blows sand into her face
  • A southern elephant seal rests on a secluded beach ambivalent to the 40 knot winds blowing sand
  • The flipper of a female southern elephant seal is distinctive with its five fingernails
  • A southern elephant seal peaks over the shoulders of its brethren in the Falkland Islands
  • Southern elephant seals rest on a secluded beach ambivalent to the 40 knot winds that blow sand into their faces
  • Several southern elephant seals rest in the cooling kelp weed on a secluded beach in the Falkland Islands
  • Several southern elephant seals rest in the cooling kelp weed on a secluded beach in the Falkland Islands
  • A large male southern sea lion bellows a warning to other nearby males
  • A large male southern sea lion guards his harem of females. Although looking sluggish, they can move with astonishing speed to fight of any rival male
  • A large male southern sea lion guards his harem of females. Although looking sluggish, they can move with astonishing speed to fight of any rival male
  • A southern elephant seal rests on a secluded beach ambivalent to the 40 knot winds that blows sand into her face
  • Female southern elephant seals have the cutest of eyes - large and dark
  • New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) - New Zealand
  • New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) - New Zealand
  • New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) - New Zealand