By Cael R.

Crosby

Super Silly Sea Lions

Sea Lions are Classified in Strange Ways

• Sea lions are considered Marine Mammals.

• Males are classified as bulls and females are cows.

• Their offspring are called pups.

• A group is called a pod or colony.

Stepen Adolph is an animal expert who helps classify animals like sea lions.

David Carpender also an animal expert.

Special Breeds

• A Seller sea lion is the biggest breed. It lives in the northern pacific near Alaska.

• A New Zealand is the rarest breed.

A Stellar sea lion.

Six New Zealand sea lions.

Early Growing

• A new born is usually 10-15 lbs.

• When they are a month old when they enter childhood at 20-30 lbs. but, only four mouths later they are 40-55 lbs.

• By the time they are 110 lbs. and 3 ft. long

Other Growing Facts

• An Adult male is usually about 900 lbs. and 5 ft. but, a female is only about 700 lbs. and 4 ft. long.

• They usually live 20-35 years.

Female vs. Male in Appearances Part 1: Differences

• Males are much bigger than females (for exact details see slide #5).

• Another difference is males have fur on their necks unlike the female.

• Males have longer teeth.

This is a female sea- lion.

This is a male sea lion.

Female vs. Male in Appearances Part 2:Similarities

• They both have sharp teeth.

• Also, they can be brown, tan, or black.

Their Diet

• They mostly eat fresh fish.

• When they are hungry they will eat seaweed though their stomachs aren’t accustomed to it. They just do it for the easy catch.

• Newborns are fed breast milk unless it loses its mother.

Their Crazy Behaviors

• A male can and will survive for three weeks without food and risk its life for its colony.

• They can dive 600 and hold their breath under water.

Swimming is fun for sea lions.

He’s just showing off to the humans!

Fun Facts

• There is 7 species of sea lions.

• They can walk on four flippers.

• Male sea lions can eat 30-45 pounds of food every day.( The fourth flipper is behind in the photo.)

Other Sea Lion Fun Facts.

• Sea lions can’t smell under water.

• All sea lion breeds are endangered.

• The Japanese sea lion is extinct.

This is a Japanese sea lion.

Seals are Different From Sea Lions

Seal• Seals are low and pretty

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• Seals don’t like the water as much.

Sea lion• Sea lions are up right.

• Sea lions are better adapted to the water.

Bibliography.

• Pichon, Joelle. The sea lion. Waterville: Charesbrighe publishing, 1992, print

• “Facts About sea lions.” www.sealion-world.com web. 16 April 2015

Thank you for reading!