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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup, called weaners once their mothers stop nursing, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup, called weaners once their mothers stop nursing, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Young adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) holding young pup's head underwater trying to kill it, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Young adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) holding young pup's head underwater trying to kill it, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Adult bull southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) fighting for breeding grounds on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) issuing a bellowing challenge at Gold Harbour on South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), hauled out on ice floe at Dorian Bay near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) issuing a bellowing challenge at Gold Harbour on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Young Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) at play underwater in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Antarctic fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella) playing in Fortuna Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Male southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), hauled out on ice floe at Dorian Bay near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on an ice floe in Kayak Cove on Brabant Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Antarctic fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella) mock-fighting on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Male southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pups mock fighting on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) fleeing from another male challenger at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Young Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) at play underwater in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Leucistic caused by lack of melanin, or blond Antarctic fur seal pup (Arctocephalus gazella) on South Georgia, Polar Regions

Adult Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) hauled out on ice near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) swimming near iceberg at Booth Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Australian Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri), near Kaikoura, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Shark dorsal fins cut from various species in the Shark Finning panga fishery in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) on sea ice off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to the coast of Hudson Bay in Fall waiting for the ice to freeze, and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly anxious as they wait for winter. While they wait, they engage in frequent wrestling matches to determine a mating hierarchy for the breeding season in March and April, and regularly check on the ice to see if it will carry them out to sea.

Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.

Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.

Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.

Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.

A curious juvenile Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) in turbid emerald waters with sunlight, ripples and kelp in the background. Farne Islands, England.

Californian Sea Lion and skin-diver, Zalophus californianus, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, La Paz

Hawaii, Underwater encounters with Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi), endemic and endangered, are few and far between.

Encounters with Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) (endemic and endangered) are few and far between. Here a monk seal shares a patch of sand with a Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also an endangered species, off Maui, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

Hawaii, Underwater encounters with Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi), endemic and endangered, are few and far between.

Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) resting on an ice floe, Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Portal Point

Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) resting on an ice floe, Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Portal Point

Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) resting on an ice floe, Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Portal Point

Kayakist inear a Weddel seal in Andvord bay near Neko Harbour. Cruise on board Exploris One. Antarctic.

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) eating a seal on an iceberg, Wahlenbergfjord, Nordaustlandet, Spitzberg, Svalbard.

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with seal carcass on an iceberg, Wahlenbergfjord, Nordaustlandet, Spitzberg, Svalbard.

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus). A Grey Seal tolerates an ongoing sandstorm off the coast of Lincolnshire in the UK.

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus). A Grey Seal changes angle to avoid the incoming sandstorm off the coast of Lincolnshire in the UK.

Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina). Elephant seals fighting on the beach of St Andrews Bay, South Georgia.

Tourists in the warm waters of Whaler's Bay, Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), Deception Island, Antarctica.

Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus). Social contact. Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Skeleton Coast, Dorob National Park, Namibia.

Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), resting on ice floe. Antarctica, Antarctic Peninsula, Detaille Island