This is the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery — and right now is peak elephant seal pupping season.🦭❤️ Thousands of seals gather here every winter. Massive males battle for dominance. Mothers nurse their pups. New life is born just feet from the boardwalk. This isn’t a zoo. It’s not a wildlife park. It’s completely wild — and one of the best free wildlife experiences in California. If you’ve ever wanted to see elephant seals up close, this is the moment. 💬 Comment seal 🦭 and I’ll send you

Did you know? Elephant seals are the largest seals, weighing up to 8,800 pounds. [VID: Why are they called elephant seals? Elephant seals are the largest seals, weighing up to 8,800 pounds. During puberty, the nose of a male elephant seal elongates into an inflatable proboscis, which resembles an elephant’s trunk. Male elephant seals, called bulls, use their proboscis to establish their territory during the mating season. Bulls establish their territory through fighting, both physically and voca

Did you know? During the elephant seal breeding season, males collect a harem of 40 to 50 females. They battle other males for mating dominance. [GIF: Close up of two elephant seals.] | Nature | PBS

These elephant seals have quite the mating season. 😱 | Discovery Channel UK