Southern elephant seals are the largest of all seals with males reaching 13 to 16 feet in length and 7,720 pounds in weight, according to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.

The accompanying footage shows a massive elephant seal – they can weigh 4,500 pounds – hauling ashore in Mulege , Mexico, in July 2022, disrupting a family beach outing.

southern elephant seal, which is also the largest carnivoran.[b] Several species exhibit sexual dimorphism. They have streamlined bodies and four limbs that are modified into flippers.

Bim died of heart failure in 1969. Despite their name, elephant seals aren’t related to elephants. However, like the largest land mammal, they are the giants of the ‘pinniped’, the ‘fin-fo ...