According to new research led by UNSW Sydney, male southern elephant seals have their own favourite foods, and they like to stick with them. In other words, they're very fussy eaters.

According to new research led by UNSW Sydney, male southern elephant seals have their own favorite foods, and they like to stick with them. In other words, they're very fussy eaters.

Male elephant seals compete fiercely for access to females during the breeding season, and their violent, ... “They either ignored the speaker or seemed hesitant to respond, like they were looking for ...

For dudes looking for female company, ... Of course, it helps if you’re a 5,000-pound male northern elephant seal with a 2-foot-long nose and a chest thick with blubber.

She thinks it’s time for us to start looking at male elephant seals in a new light. Dr. Costa had thought elephant seals generally lacked the brainpower of their sea lion cousins.

Male elephant seals are seen at the Piedras ... sea,” Burney LeBoeuf recounts an incident in the 1960s in which a local resident called the police to report a sickly-looking elephant seal. ...

For the study, the scientists inferred the eating habits of 31 male southern elephant seals from the Western Antarctic Peninsula by analysing a whisker sample from each seal that holds stable ...

Male elephant seals compete fiercely for access to females during the breeding season, and their violent, bloody fights take a toll on both winners and losers. These battles are relatively rare, ...