Seals and Sea Lions 1 Seals and Sea Lions Page 1 Southern Elephant seal Circumpolar, found on most subantarctic islands including South Georgia. Largest of all seal species. The newly moulted coat is dark grey.
Females are generally darker brown.
At birth the pup is black. Breeding begins when adult males arrive on beaches in August, followed by the females a week later. This Crabeter Seal is taking a rest on the lava beach on Deception Island, Antarctic. Male 3 Meters Female 2.7 Meters Crabeters actually eat krill, not crab as their name suggests. Not much is known about breeding in crabeters, which occurs among the pack ice during the austral spring.