The Southern Elephant seal ( Mirounga leonina) at Duiker Island, Hout Bay, is still hanging around and seems well at home now. He arrived this year on the 29 August this year, and its this individuals 3rd time visiting Duiker …

Elephant seals are rare in Cape Town, but the occasional animal does come ashore to rest or moult. There are roughly around 10 sightings a year of …

 · The Southern elephant seal is the largest seal species in the world, with males that can weigh up to 3.7 tons and measure 6m in length. Great whites do not feed on adult elephant seals, though they would prey …

The Piedras Blancas Rookery is the only elephant seal rookery in the world that is easily accessible, free, and open to the public every day of the year. No reservations are needed. The rookery is located seven miles north of San Simeon on Highway 1. Parking The Elephant Seal viewing area has plenty of parking.

 · Another Southern Elephant Seal has come ashore in the South Peninsula. According to the Simon's Town Boat Company, the seal is a youngster most likely here for its first moult. Southern elephant seals typically seek rocky island shores and smooth sandy beaches to moult once a year.

 · And even though he may look very dead, he's actually just chilling on his favourite beach! Western Cape, South Africa (03 April 2021) – A Southern Elephant Seal called Buffel took up residence at a beach in …

 · Cape Town's favourite seal is back on our shores! Buffel the southern elephant seal has recently been spotted moulting in False Bay. Buffel, as the seal is affectionately known to locals, is somewhat of a …

 · A rare sighting of a 4-ton southern elephant seal swimming through the waters near Hout Bay was captured by a photographer from Animal Ocean.The organisation, also based in Hout Bay, offers excursions to snorkelling spots in …

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Buffel the elephant seal is 4.2m in length, huge, thick with a short trunk and looks like he's quietly sunbathing. He's actually moulting, shedding fur for a new coat. Says Whitehead: "It is normal for elephant seals to exchange their old fur for a new winter one – a process that takes about four weeks.

The northern elephant seal is yellowish or gray-brown, and the southern is blue-gray. The southern species has an extensive molting period in which considerable patches of hair and skin are shed. Males of both species attain a length of approximately 6.5 metres (21 feet) and a weight of about 3,530 kg (7,780 pounds) and are much larger than the ...

 · Cape Town is home to a variety of spectacular marine life. A rare sighting of a southern elephant seal on Dias Beach near Cape Point on Sunday, March 21 was …

 · The Cape has an adorable new visitor! Another Southern Elephant Seal has come ashore in the South Peninsula. According to the Simon's Town Boat Company, the seal is a youngster most likely here for its first moult. Southern elephant seals typically seek rocky island shores and smooth sandy beaches to moult once a year.

Buffel the elephant seal is 4.2m in length, huge, thick with a short trunk and looks like he's quietly sunbathing. He's actually moulting, shedding fur for a new coat. Says Whitehead: …

 · The elephant seal colony at Point Piedras Blancas, 7.7 miles north of San Simeon, California has experienced phenomenal growth in less than 30 years. Since the first pup was born in February, 1992, the colony has grown to an estimated 25,000 elephant seals along an 8+-mile stretch of coastline.

 · One of the most popular seasons for viewing the elephant seals is December to March, which can bring winter storms and windy conditions. Weather conditions at Piedras Blancas are usually moderate, …

 · A rather large elephant seal has set up home on what is normally a popular tourist beach at Hout Bay in Cape Town, South Africa. But fortunately for the seal, the chances are he won't be much disturbed as the City of Cape Town announced that the beaches will be closed from today, Tuesday 24 March, to prevent the spread of Corona …

 · Southern Elephant seals — which can weigh up to 4 000kgs and dive to 2 388m for up to 120 minutes — are normally found in the Southern Ocean, with the closest colony being on Marion Island, 2...

 · Elephant Seals are extremely rare in Cape Town. However, a few stragglers find their way to South Africa each year and join the Cape Fur Seal colonies. There are …

 · The seal turned out to be a juvenile elephant seal. In a statement, the NSRI said: 'The son, Seth Gurr, age 12, a learner at Port Edward Primary School, had insisted on guarding the seal until NSRI arrived after some children had reportedly chased the elephant seal that was found on the beach into the water.

 · The elephant seal is indeed a special breed, and these guys have a very unique lifestyle. – The South Atlantic waters are home to about 113 000 breeding females, who …

 · A southern elephant seal has just arrived on Dias Beach near Cape Point in Table Mountain Nature Reserve. Elephant Seals are a rarity to these shores, a few stragglers find their way to South Africa each year, sometimes joining Cape fur seal colonies. There are roughly around 10 sightings a year of this species on our coastline.

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Elephant Seal still on Duiker Island with the Cape Fur seals in Cape Town The Hout Bay, Duiker Island, Southern Elephant seal is still hanging around and seems to be taking a liking to playing roughly with Cape Fur seal. …

The Cape fur seal, also known as the brown fur seal, is the largest and most robust fur seal. It is a species of the pinnipeds (fin-footed mammals). Cape fur seals look much like giant snails from far. However, they have external ear flaps, foreflipppers covered with sparse hair, short hindflippers, and long whiskers.

 · Web posted at: 3:14 p.m. EST (2014 GMT) CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNN) -- A 2,000-pound elephant seal that had parked himself on the doorstep of an advertising firm in Cape Town, South...

 · A southern elephant seal has just arrived on Dias Beach near Cape Point in Table Mountain Nature Reserve. Elephant Seals are a rarity to these shores, a few stragglers find their way to South Africa each year, sometimes joining Cape fur seal colonies. There are roughly around 10 sightings a year of this species on our coastline.

Identification: The Largest of all seals, male elephant seals can attain 6m and 3500kg while the females are smaller at 4m and 800kg. The bulls are easily identified by the short, bulbous, trunk-like proboscis that hangs …

 · A 2,000-pound elephant seal that had parked himself on the doorstep of an advertising firm in Cape Town, South Africa, for more than two days has moved off, at …

Elephant seals are carnivores (piscivores) and their favorite foods are skates, rays, squid, octopuses, eels, small sharks, and large fish. Diet Carnivore, Piscivores, Molluscivore Mating Habits MATING BEHAVIOR …

2  · Southern elephant seals breed on land but spend their winters in the frigid Antarctic waters near the Antarctic pack ice. Southern elephants are the largest of all seals. Males can be over 20 feet ...