🇺🇸. 🦦California sea lions @ the Oregon Coast/калифорнийские морские котики в Орегоне🌊

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Chances are if you’ve spent much time at the Oregon coast, you’ve spotted a sea lion or a seal. Sea lions found on the Oregon coast include California and the Steller sea lions; the seals you may have seen are most likely harbor seals, although elephant seals are also seasonally present.

California sea lions are found from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to the southern tip of Baja California in Mexico. They are known for their intelligence, playfulness, and noisy barking. Their color ranges from chocolate brown in males to a lighter, golden brown in females. Males may reach 1,000 pounds and seven feet in length; females, which are rarely found in Oregon, grow to 220 pounds and up to six feet in length. They have a dog-like face, and at around five years of age, males develop a pronounced forehead, a bony bump on top of their skull called a sagittal crest. The top of a male’s head often gets lighter in color with age. These members of the otariid or walking seal family have external ear flaps and large flippers that they use to “walk” on land. The trained “seals” in zoos and aquariums are usually California sea lions.

California sea lions are very social animals, and groups often rest closely packed together at favored haul-out sites on land or float together on the ocean’s surface in “rafts.” They are sometimes seen porpoising or jumping out of the water, presumably to speed up their swimming. Sea lions have also been seen “surfing” breaking waves. California sea lions eat squid, octopus, a variety of schooling fish, rockfish, and an occasional salmon. In turn, sea lions are preyed upon by orcas (killer whales) and great white sharks.

California sea lion pups are born south of Oregon on offshore islands in June or July and weigh 13–20 pounds. They nurse for at least five to six months and up to a year. Mothers recognize pups on crowded rookeries through smell, sight, and vocalizations. Breeding takes place a few weeks after birth. Males patrol territories and often bark during the breeding season to maintain territories.

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