As the females come into heat at the end of the nursing period for their pups, males of all ages come from far and wide to mate with as many females as they can.
Apart from their major problem of getting past the large and savvy alpha male, there's also the matter of the choosy females as some of them are not too keen on males that 'storm' the beach.
The huge size difference between the adult male and the adult female is known as sexual dimorphism, with the giant alpha males often growing to 3 times the size of the adult females.
( Wow...imagine being squashed by one of these titans ! )
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Click here for a video of a not too willing female.
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