Elephant seal

Learn a few fun facts about elephant seals in Antarctic, one of the region’s most unique and recognisable species. Who can resist that face!

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Northern Elephant Seal

MailOnline Travel has scoured the world for a range of super-sized animals, from giant sunfish in Portugal to mammoth sea lions in Japan.

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Elephant seal, either of the two largest pinnipeds (aquatic mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia): the northern elephant seal (species Mirounga angustirostris), now found mainly on coastal islands off California and Baja California; or the southern elephant seal (M. leonina), found throughout

We always wonder what was Mother Nature thinking when she decided to make certain animals look weird, and sometimes even creepy, especially their noses. In this AnimalSake article, we list some animals on Earth with really funny and strange noses.

No, this isn't the nickname of a gangster. Neil is an elephant seal with a big ego.

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