This elephant seal calf managed to wriggle free after it became stuck in a narrow channel on South Georgia Island.

Footage filmed by wildlife photographer Bob Humphries shows the calf bobbing up and down in a narrow passage of water.

Humphries told Newsflare: "This weaner had managed to get itself stuck in a narrow, muddy, water-filled channel near the derelict Stromness Whaling Station in South Georgia.

"It moved up and down the channel and struggled to escape, looking at the nearby humans with its big brown eyes.

"It finally hauled itself out after about an hour, lying on the grass and wriggling to get comfortable."

This clip was filmed in November 2015.

Southern Elephant Seals (Mirounga leonina) are named after the huge trunk-like nose on the males and make sounds that sound like a gurgling drain. They are the largest non-whale predators – males weigh up to three tonnes and adult females between 300-900 kg. Elephant Seals spend most of their lives at sea and are prodigious divers, reaching depths of 2 kilometres and staying down for two hours. They come to land to breed (October-November) and to moult (January to April). Elephant Seal pups are 40 kg at birth and are weaned in 24 days by which time they weigh 120 kg or more. These ‘weaners’ remain ashore until March-April, then go to sea without any instruction on how to survive or catch food. Weaners are very curious and often allow a close approach by humans and even approach people themselves, sticking their noses right into camera lenses. This weaner had managed to get itself stuck in a narrow, muddy, water-filled channel near the derelict Stromness Whaling Station in South Georgia. It moved up and down the channel and struggled to escape, looking at the nearby humans with its big brown eyes. It finally hauled itself out after about an hour, lying on the grass and wriggling to get comfortable.