The colonies of sea elephants on the southern islands of Kerguelen (Travelog: 7/16)

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT = "#ABCBBE"> <BR> After one night on "Pointe morne", we set out again, fully fit, the sun having made its appearance. We will walk along large colonies of sea elephants..<BR> We cross the most impreessive inhabitant of the bay : appreciate the size of the animal (4 to 5 meters) and its mass (between 2 and 3 tons !)The females are of much smaller sizes and gather in small groups of 5 to 10 individuals.<BR> Two young males clash in a friendly way ! In a few years, the meeting will be more " bleeding ", when they become dominant males defending their harem (of about fifty females).<BR> </BODY>