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30 year old female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) named "Chinook" went rolling in the mud after coming out of her pool. Rolling on the ground after swimming is a natural behavior.
San Diego Zoo's Polar Bear Plunge. Conservation status: Vulnerable
Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) and King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on South Georgia. Fur seals are more closely related to sea lions than they are to true seals. King penguins are closely related to the larger Emperor Penguins.
Gray whales, NW Vancouver Island
Even with teeth, sharp pointy teeth - they are still adorbs. Once extinct in the Vancouver Island area, the species is making a slow come back.
Dernière étape de notre séjour américain, la cité du Golden Gate est aussi célèbre pour l'impressionnante et bruyante colonie d'Otarie de Californie qui s'est établie depuis 1989 sur les embarcadères du Pier 39.
Résidentes à l'année, les otaries animent la jetée par leurs chamailleries et conciliabules permanentes😄
Le paradoxe de croiser pareille colonie au pied d'Alcatraz et du Golden Gate 😃
From a flock of at least 19 walruses we met while in a boat on Svalbard nearly 2 years ago. They are really enjoyable to watch.
Walruses have a disjointed circumpolar distribution. Two subspecies are recognized, one in the Pacific and the other in the Atlantic.
In the Northeast Atlantic walruses are distributed in shallow coastal areas along eastern Greenland, the Svalbard and Franz Josef Land Archipelagos, and in the southern Barents, Pechora and Kara Seas. Svalbard’s walruses are part of a joint population (genetically indistinguishable) with animals on Franz Josef Land.
Walruses generally live to be about 20 to 30 years old in the wild, but they have been known to live as long as 40 years.
(Hvalross in Norwegian)
My album of images from Svalbard here.
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A side roll to scoop up some tasty bottom dwelling treats.
T46E one of the transient orcas that come into the Puget sound crossing paths with a merganser taking flight.
