Male elephant seals with large harems die younger

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Mating with groups of up to 50 females and warring disconnected rivals takes its toll connected ascendant antheral elephant seals

By Christa Lesté-Lasserre

A antheral confederate elephant seal bloodied aft a combat with a rival

Agustin Esmoris/Minden Pictures/Alamy

Male elephant seals with the largest harems extremity up dying younger than those with less females.

Elephant seal harems dwell of anyplace from 5 to 50 females associated with 1 ascendant male. Subordinate males sometimes creep on the edges of the formation attempting to mate with immoderate of the females.

Dominant males person to support the females and their pups, arsenic good arsenic the formation they unrecorded on, from rivals, which tin deterioration them down. They tin besides incur …

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