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 Northern Elephant Seal (phocid)
Mirounga angustirostris
- Habitat:
Baja California to Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian
Islands.
- Diet:
ratfish, hagfish, Pacific whiting,
squid, octopus, pelagic red crabs, and small sharks
- Diet at PMMC:
herring and mackerel
- Males:
Grow over 13 feet long and weigh
up to 4,500 pounds
- Females:
Grow to 10 feet in length and
weigh up to 1,500 pounds
- Dive:
to 5000 feet for up to 2 hours (record
5240 feet/119 minutes)
- Pupping Season:
December to February,
pups weigh about 75 pounds and are 4 feet long
- Population:
estimated at 150,000 individuals,
(up from 100 in 1907, once hunted near to the brink of
extinction for their blubber)
- Predators:
great white sharks, killer
whales, and humans
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