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Male Southern Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens) lurking, well-hidden, in Tussac (Poa flabellata), East Loafers, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands
This shows how dangerous making one's way through stands of Tussac to the shore can be. It is necessary to push through between the tussocks, and there could be either a Southern Elephant Seal or a male Southern Sea Lion hauled out into the gap between the bases or just on the other side. Male Southern Sea Lions are huge (weighing up to 340 kilos) and bad-tempered - here speaks experience!
Photo ID: FAL_5161_Southern_Sea_Lion_(Otaria_flavescens)__East_Loafers__Sea_Lion_Island__East_Falkland_REA
Photo size: 22.1 Mpixels (63.3 MB uncompressed) - 5760x3840 pixels (19.2x12.8 in / 48.8x32.5 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: animal, beach, biology, Carnivora, carnivore, coast, danger, Falkland Islands, Family Phocidae, flavescens, flipper, haul out, mammal, Mammalia, marine, Martin Grace, natural history, nature, Otaria, Pinniped, Pinnipedia, Poa flabellata, rest, rocks, sea, Sea Lion Island, seal, shore, sleep, South American Sea Lion, Southern Sea Lion, Suborder Caniformia, true seal, wildlife, zoology
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