How do elephant seals communicate with each other?

All kinds of seals communicate vocally by making noise with their throat and air. ... The variation of these methods shows the highly specified development of each species of seal in response to its environment. ... The sounds are amplified underwater and can be heard by other seals over large distances. read more

Having one of the most spectacularly visual (to humans) reproductive habits of all the marine mammals, the elephant seal reproduces during winter. Every year they migrate back to the beaches where they were born (and where they molt during the summer). read more

Seals can also communicate through movements. Harbor seals slap the water with their bodies or flippers to show aggression. Posing or similar aggressive displays are common in courtship as well. Elephant seals are famous for the beach battles, in which males fight for control of a rookery or breeding colony. read more

Acoustic communication takes a look at sound production and hearing in elephants; chemical communication explains how elephants use various secretions and their acute sense of smell to communicate; visual communication looks at how elephants make use of postures and displays and their sense of sight in communication; tactile communication describes how elephants make use of their sense of touch to communicate. read more