Caption

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), pair, copulating, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia, southern elephant seal, elephant seal

Date

Nov 18, 2011

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Therin-Weise

Reference

BRK25D16_032

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,7Mb (2,3Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3530 (300dpi)

Keywords

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