Sentences with phrase «lion pup»

According to the Marine Mammal Center, socializing with other species will help the sea lion pup survive in the wild.

At 7 months old, the aptly named sea lion pup already weighs over 200 pounds, more than twice the amount he weighed when he arrived at the center.

But our first California sea lion pup of the 2015 pupping season actually arrived last year — on December 1.

Marin County's Marine Mammal Center has been caring for a sea lion pup that was rescued from a dock on Alcatraz Island two weeks ago, spokesman Jim Oswald said.

Al Catraz, a young sea lion pup, wards off the chill on a heating pad at The Marine Mammal Center March 22, 2012.

Our sea lion pup Scarlett is growing up fast, and now you may see her next time you stop by SunTrust Pier 225.

At 7:10 a.m. on February 11, National Park Ranger Matt Wallat was driving along Skyline Boulevard near Fort Funston in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area when he stopped to assist two citizens guarding a California sea lion pup that had just crossed the four - lane road.

The prognosis is good for a year old sea lion pup that survived near starvation and a desperate search for food that brought the animal nearly a quarter mile into San Francisco.

Looks like the president's new gun control measures didn't come soon enough for Cruz, the blind California sea lion pup that lost his eyesight to gunshot wounds.

A Steller sea lion pup is rescued in Washington state and transported to The Marine Mammal Center for treatment.

This tiny sea lion pup owes his life to the National Park Ranger who spotted him trying to cross a lane of traffic in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

On Tuesday we told you the story of Hoppie the sea lion pup's rescue and rehabilitation, but the truth is the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito is on the brink of having more wayward mammals in need than ever before.

A silky brown California sea lion pup was rescued Wednesday morning after being found on the side of the road near Fort Funston in San Francisco.

To everyone's astonishment, a small sea lion pup was nursing beside her.

The sea lion pup that wandered into the Marine Room in La Jolla is recovering at SeaWorld's Animal Rescue Center.

Scientists combined the results of sea lion pup counts in the Channel Islands, aerial surveys of sea lion rookeries, survival rates and other information to reconstruct the growth of the sea lion population from 1975 to 2014.

«Food limitation linked to record California sea lion pup strandings: New research shows a decade - long decline of sardines and anchovy associated with poor condition of sea lion pups.»

The results refocus the debate on the causes of sea lion pup weight loss from episodic stresses associated with El Niño years to a decadal - long trend of declining forage quality in the waters around the California Channel Island rookeries, the researchers wrote.

In this saltwater bay, Liittschwager photographed some of the smallest and largest types of life in his book, from plankton and worm and crab larvae all the way up to a sea lion pup and this Pacific harbour seal pup (Phoca vitulina).

However, the close correlation between the fish available and the weight of sea lion pups provides «compelling evidence of a food limitation effect on the weight of dependent pups,» the scientists wrote.

Large numbers of California sea lion pups have flooded animal rescue centers in Southern California in the past few years.

Though the marine mammals were captured from the wild in the early years of the program, since the late 1980s, the program has bred its dolphins in - house at its training facility in San Diego and buys young sea lion pups from marine parks, said Mark Xitco, who heads up all the marine mammal training and care for the program.

I talked with some sea lions too who told me about two young male sea lion pups who were rescued after being found stranded, malnourished and underweight.

In March of 2015, an unusually high number of sea lions pups were stranded on California beaches during an Unusual Mortality Event (UME), a sad phenomenon that is reaching a record - breaking high.

Over the next few weeks, marine biologists say more elephant seal pups, harbor seal pups, and sea lion pups will start showing up along the shores of San Luis Obispo County.

The Marine Mammal Center is treating an unprecedented number of patients this year, as starving sea lion pups are stranding all along the coast of California.

Watch the inspirational video of Percevero and other sea lion pups being released at Chimney Rock:

The Marine Mammal Center is facing a crisis, with a huge influx of sick sea lion pups coming in to the facility in the last few weeks.

But after six weeks of care, he had doubled in size and was released back to the wild along with six other healthy sea lion pups.

There is also a secondary peak in February, when the sea lion pups of the year start getting into the water.

Population changes of seal and sea lion species at the Channel Islands, including the recent high abandonment rate of California sea lion pups, was discussed by marine biologist Dr. Brent Stewart during the May From Shore to Sea lecture.

At Los Islotes — a steep craggy seamount leaping straight from the sea — observe a sea lion colony from the boat and skiff, or slip into a wetsuit for an early morning snorkel with curious, agile young sea lion pups.

Witness breathtaking dramatic views and sea lion pups play too.

Only half the usual number of sea lion pups were born off the California coast in 2015, Johnson said.

Contrasting effects of heterozygosity on survival and hookworm resistance in California sea lion pups.

Rehabilitation and post-release monitoring of steller sea lion pups raised in captivity.

Their network of volunteers and workers began bringing in distressed sea lion pups last January rather than, as usual, in summer.

Molecular and serologic detection of leptospirosis in California sea lion pups.

We are proud to welcome two rescued sea lion pups into our care at Georgia Aquarium.

La Paz offers some unusual highlights, such as swimming with playful sea lion pups and the chance to see Whale Sharks (harmless plankton eaters, and the largest fish on the planet!).

Spring bursts with gardens filled with over a thousand tulips, lilies and daffodils, rhododendrons and azaleas, the annual whale migration north, the birth of sea lion pups offshore, gourmet breakfast, fresh abalone in the afternoon, and nights in the hot tub watching brilliant sunsets.

And although California Sea lion pups primarily nurse on land, they too have been observed nursing underwater.

Not exact matches

He's got star quality,» the president said of the black curly pup with white front feet and chest, and a lion - cut tail.

I think that hanging out in a heavily touristed area of San Francisco's Embarcadero means that these California sea lions — one mature individual and one pup — qualify as urban wildlife.

The scientists did not study how changes in fish species affect the composition and quality of milk that mother sea lions feed their pups, which affects the growth of the pups.

«Given the likelihood that the California sea lion population is approaching carrying capacity, density - dependent effects such as food limitation (and stranding) of pups may be a long - term consequence of a rebuilt sea lion population during periods of low abundance of high - quality forage,» the scientists wrote.

It is a process that occurs in nature, with chimps and lions well known for killing other males» pups.

Some examples follow (animal baby names are in parentheses): beaver (kit); cow (calf or heifer); deer (fawn); dog (pup); duck (duckling); eagle (eaglet); elephant (calf); fish (fry); fox (kit); frog (polliwog or tadpole); goat (kid); goose (gosling); hen (pullet); hippo (calf); horse (foal, yearling, or colt); kangaroo (joey); lion (cub); owl (owlet); pigeon (squab or squeaker); quail (cheeper); rabbit (bunny); seal (pup); shark (cub); sheep (lamb); swan (cygnet); turkey (poult); whale (calf); zebra (foal).

This English Bulldog has found true love — raising a lion and tiger as his own pups.

Usually this pup is quiet, like a predator himself, but has no problem springing into action to scare off lions, cheetahs and other predators with a fearsome bark.