Southern elephant seals at a wallow. Elephant seals gather in these wallows, or muddy pits, during their molting season, and use the mud and friction to help shed dead skin. Wallows have a very strong odor made up of seal musk and feces, and are comprised of thick, peaty mud.
Photo Category: Fisheries
Photo Location: Antarctica, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island
Photo Date: 1994
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