Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to the Elephant seals?
A. There are two species, the northern elephant seal and the slightly larger southern elephant seal.
B. The range of the northern elephant seal spans the Pacific coast of the United States, Canada and Mexico.
C. Both A & B
D. None of these
Explanation:
For elephant seals – one of the most distinctive of the 33 species that comprise the world’s seal family – it is hard work to stay fat. Scientists have conducted the most thorough study to date of the unique feeding behavior of northern elephant seals, focusing on the females of the species during arduous two-month post-breeding migrations in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Elephant seals get their name from the prominent noses of the males that resemble an elephant’s trunk. There are two species – the northern elephant seal and the slightly larger southern elephant seal.
