Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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Male elephant seals have rhythmic names that they keep throughout their lives and it looks like they also have naming trends.

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Sources:
history.stackexchange.com/questions/54917/which-culture-used-no-personal-names
iucnredlist.org/search/map?query=mirounga&searchType=species
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mirounga_angustirostris
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mirounga_leonina
nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2011/Polar-Bear-Day#:~:text=A%20large%20male%20polar%20bear,2.
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theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/05/vanished-dialects-northern-elephant-seals/590008
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Seal Audio Recordings: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2018.2176
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youtube.com/watch?v=M5h57-NPqyI
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