Spending most of their lives at sea in the frigid waters of the southern seas, southern elephant seals are cold ... physically challenging time for any beachmaster, but in Patagonia there is ...

Elephant seal bulls are washing up at San ... less dominant bulls are always ready to challenge their position. When a beachmaster is defeated, he loses all status, drops to the bottom of the ...

Females typically bellow and complain, but the beachmaster may be too deeply involved in the battle to respond. The beach gets crowded, and elephant seal pups can get separated from their mothers.