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California Sea Lion

Description   California sea lions are fast, graceful swimmers.   Like all other pinnipeds, sea lions are warm-blooded mammals.   They breath air, are born alive (that is, not from eggs), and nurse their young.   They have chocolate-brown coats and doglike muzzles.   Males are distinguished by their larger size.

Habitat   They live in many areas of North America’s western coast, from British Columbia southward through the United States to the Tres Marias Islands off of Baja California, Mexico.

Food   California sea lions eat squid and octopus as well as a variety of fish—herring, rockfish, mackerel, anchovies, and lampreys.

More Pictures and Sounds  

• The Birmingham Zoo - The real vedio of Sea Lion : sound included 
• Bioinfo Animal Pictures Archive  - Sea Lion's sound 

More Information

• Sea Lion Caves - come see the lions in the world's largest sea cave. 
• Sea World/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database - All About Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses - Grades K-3 
• Seal Conservation Society - Sea Lion
• Planet Sea Lion

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Last modified : April 5, 2000
Created by Quaehee Yu