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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

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1South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

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Showing 49 species · South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Showing 49 species · South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

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Magellanic Penguin

Spheniscus magellanicus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Emperor Penguin

Aptenodytes forsteri

Flightless birdPiscivoreDiurnal

Southern Royal Albatross

Diomedea epomophora

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Black-browed Albatross

Thalassarche melanophris

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Crabeater Seal

Lobodon carcinophaga

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Antarctic Krill

Euphausia superba

HerbivoreOceanCrustacean

Near Threatened

Blue Shark

Prionace glauca

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Antarctic Fur Seal

Arctocephalus gazella

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Gentoo Penguin

Pygoscelis papua

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Imperial Shag

Leucocarbo atriceps

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Chinstrap Penguin

Pygoscelis antarcticus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

PiscivoreDiurnalColonial

Macaroni Penguin

Eudyptes chrysolophus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Adelie Penguin

Pygoscelis adeliae

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Snowy Sheathbill

Chionis albus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

South Polar Skua

Stercorarius maccormicki

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Wilson's Storm Petrel

Oceanites oceanicus

CarnivoreVariable activityColonial

Antarctic Petrel

Thalassoica antarctica

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Snow Petrel

Pagodroma nivea

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Spurdog

Squalus acanthias

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

CarnivoreDiurnalIn schools

Critically Endangered

Tope

Galeorhinus galeus

CarnivoreVariable activityIn schools

Porbeagle

Lamna nasus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Blackfin Icefish

Chaenocephalus aceratus

CarnivoreSolitaryFish

Sei Whale

Balaenoptera borealis

CarnivoreEndangeredOcean

Yellowbelly Rockcod

Notothenia coriiceps

CarnivoreSolitaryFish

Shortfin Mako

Isurus oxyrinchus

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

Peale's Dolphin

Lagenorhynchus australis

CarnivoreIn herdsOcean

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

134 countries46 parks104 dive sites

Killer Whale

Orcinus orca

CarnivoreVariable activityIn packs

109 countries29 parks45 dive sites

Southern Elephant Seal

Mirounga leonina

CarnivoreVariable activityIn herds

13 countries20 parks4 dive sites

Blue Whale

Balaenoptera musculus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

128 countries5 parks13 dive sites

King Penguin

Aptenodytes patagonicus

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

12 countries6 parks1 dive site

Southern Right Whale

Eubalaena australis

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

21 countries8 parks16 dive sites

Fin Whale

Balaenoptera physalus

OmnivoreVariable activitySolitary

49 countries4 parks28 dive sites

Sperm Whale

Physeter macrocephalus

CarnivoreVariable activityFamily group

154 countries38 parks20 dive sites

Leopard Seal

Hydrurga leptonyx

CarnivoreVariable activitySolitary

6 countries17 parks3 dive sites

Weddell Seal

Leptonychotes weddellii

CarnivoreColonialOcean

6 countries23 parks3 dive sites

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6 parks

3 dive sites

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5 parks

1 dive site

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3 dive sites

128 countries

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128 countries

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33 dive sites

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6 countries

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6 countries

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128 countries69 parks84 dive sites

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128 countries66 parks89 dive sites

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