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!