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Did you Know? List of Facts about Sea Lions
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Sea Lions, trivia and information, including some useful statistics about animals will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Sea Lions are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Definition: Sea Lions are marine mammals in the family Otariidae, together with Seals. The sea lion has external ear-flaps, long fore-flippers and short thick hair. A sealion has the ability to walk on all fours.

  • Fact 2 - The Sea Lion is native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lions (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the rocks near San Francisco.
  • Fact 3 - The names given to babies are pups
  • Fact 4 - The ball-balancing circus seal is generally some species of sea lion, most commonly a California Sea Lion
  • Fact 5 - The eyes of a sea lion are well adapted for seeing both above and below the water
  • Fact 6 - Females are called Cow
  • Fact 7 - The sea lion has whiskers which help them to navigate and feel the movement of fish
  • Fact 8 - Sea Lions stats and facts

    • Weight: Males- 907kg, females- 272kg

    • Length: Males- 3m, females- 2.1m
    • Habitat: Oceans - cold, sub-Arctic areas
    • Lifespan: 4 yrs
    • Diet: Sea Lions are carnivores eating different types of fish
  • Fact 9 - Male Steller sea lions can weigh up to 3,000 pounds, and females up to 770 pounds
  • Fact 10 - What's the difference between a seal and a sea lion?

    • A sea lion has external earflaps but seals have internal ears

    • Seal lions are usually larger than seals
    • Sea lions can pivot their hind flippers to walk on land, but seals cannot
    • Sea lions propel with their front flippers and steer with the back, but seals are opposite
  • Fact 11 - The sea lion has more blood, per weight, than most other mammals providing a good supply of oxygen during long underwater dives which allow for it to hunt for their prey in the oceans
  • Fact 12 - The sea lion can hold its breath for nearly 2 hours underwater by conserving oxygen
  • Fact 13 - Seal lions have a streamlined body which enables them to maneuver through the water quickly
  • Fact 14 - The seal lion evolved from a bear-like ancestor which lived about 23 million years ago
  • Fact 15 - The collective name for a group is a herd, pod or for female groups, harems
  • Fact 16 - Males are called Bull

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