Oct 7-07 Steller Sea Lions
The Steller sea lion of the northern Pacific is the largest of the eared seals. It ranks third in size following the walrus and the two elephant seals.
Steller sea lions eat a wide variety of fish such as flounder, herring, Pacific cod, salmon, rockfish, sculpins, Alaskan pollock and invertebrates such as squid and octopus.
Mature male sea lions congregate in May on traditional reproductive rookeries, usually on beaches on isolated islands such as these. The larger, older males establish and defend distinct territories on the rookery. A week or so later, adult females arrive, sometimes accompanied by immature offspring, and form fluid groupings throughout the rookery. Steller sea lions are polygynous. However, unlike most other species, they do not coerce individual females into harems but control physical territories among which females freely move about.
Females give birth to a single pup anytime from mid-May through July. -Source: Wikipedia
Steller sea lions eat a wide variety of fish such as flounder, herring, Pacific cod, salmon, rockfish, sculpins, Alaskan pollock and invertebrates such as squid and octopus.
Mature male sea lions congregate in May on traditional reproductive rookeries, usually on beaches on isolated islands such as these. The larger, older males establish and defend distinct territories on the rookery. A week or so later, adult females arrive, sometimes accompanied by immature offspring, and form fluid groupings throughout the rookery. Steller sea lions are polygynous. However, unlike most other species, they do not coerce individual females into harems but control physical territories among which females freely move about.
Females give birth to a single pup anytime from mid-May through July. -Source: Wikipedia
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