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elemental elephant seal extreme Erebus
elephant seal
Margaret Whitelaw Elephant seal 2008
At a tremendous gait he lolloped out of the sea, snorting and rampaging the whole time until he stopped for a breather near high-water mark. It was then he suddenly caught a glimpse of me and straightaway he raised his colossal floppy bulk twelve feet in the air, almost standing on his massive hind flippers. His bulbous, trunk-like nose began to swell as he drew in a deep breath. Then when his lungs could hold no more, he forcibly expended the air to produce a sound that can only be likened to the deflated splutterings of a pricked balloon.
Lancaster Brown, 164; 1957
Southern Elephant Seal (Sea elephant, sea wolf, proboscis seal) Mirounga leonina
Length: males to 4.5m (14ft 6in); females to 2.8m (11ft) Weight: males around 4,000kg (4 tonnes); females around 900kg (almost a tonne)
Tony Soper, Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife 2004
