Sentences with phrase «many young sea lions»

They found that that high - calorie sardines and anchovies, both rich in fat that is vital to the growth of young sea lions, have declined since the mid-2000s in the areas around the Channel Islands where the females forage.

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.

Transient killer whales are mammal hunters, their favourite meal being a young sea lion or nice plump seal, so when we do see them it can be exciting.

As nursing sea lion mothers travel farther from their pups to find food, these young sea lions are unable to fend for themselves and wash ashore due to starvation.

So far this year, The Marine Mammal Center has released more than 100 healthy animals back to the wild, many of them young sea lions just like Percevero.

We've all seen the photos — record numbers of starving young sea lions, little more than skin and bones, that have washed ashore along the Northern California coast.

A young sea lion is recuperating Wednesday afternoon from his rather long and mysterious trek earlier in the day.

You don't have to be a risk taker to get in the water, as there's no danger of becoming lunch for an animal ten times your size — though a young sea lion might take a playful nip at the tip of your swim fins.

And many of them are tiny, young sea lions struggling to survive.

NOAA Fisheries scientists analyzed changes in sea lion prey and found that high - calorie sardines and anchovies, both rich in fat that is vital to the growth of young sea lions, have declined in the last 10 years in the areas near the Channel Islands, where nursing mothers search for food.

I experienced my most memorable dive there when we encountered young sea lions who were eager to play!

Already deeply in awe, the real surprise is yet again presented by the young sea lions who are checking out those funny fish with colored feet and big eyes.

Simple things like recycling plastics can make a difference to a curious young sea lion looking for something to play with.

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.

In spring of 2016, these young sea lions will find a permanent home in Georgia Aquarium's new sea lion gallery presented by SunTrust, where they will help to inspire and educate the public about issues facing animals in the wild.

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

Despite multiple attempts by marine mammal centers to rehabilitate these young sea lions for release back into the wild, many pups continue to wash ashore and are deemed non-releasable by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries).

A young sea lion found last month with a gunshot wound to the face is recovering at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito.

In 1993, we came to the rescue of another young sea lion nicknamed Bird Man and again in 1999 for a sea lion named Fortress.

Not exact matches

BEST YOUNG ACTOR / ACTRESS Lucas Hedges — Manchester by the Sea - Winner Alex R. Hibbert — Moonlight Lewis MacDougall — A Monster Calls Madina Nalwanga — Queen of Katwe Sunny Pawar - Lion Hailee Steinfeld — The Edge of Seventeen

Best Young Actor / Actress Ruby Barnhill — «The BFG» Lucas Hedges — «Manchester by the Sea» Lewis MacDougall — «A Monster Calls» Sunny Pawar — «Lion» Angourie Rice — «The Nice Guys» Hailee Steinfeld — «The Edge of Seventeen» Ferdia Walsh - Peelo — «Sing Street»

Among the first - time nominees were Andrew Garfield, Ruth Negga, Dev Patel (for Lion), Isabelle Huppert (the legendary French actress, shortlisted for Paul Verhoeven's controversial drama Elle), Lucas Hedges (the young man at the center of Manchester by the Sea), and Moonlight's Naomie Harris and Mahershala Ali.

And that is one reason why he was so surprised to find one of the lions — a male, quite young though no longer a cub — just standing on the deck behind the lionchamber, not far from the door, all alone, gazing out to sea with his whiskers down and a strange expression on his face.

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.

The sea lions here said the young pups are excited to be at Georgia Aquarium because they're treated like kings (they're sea lions, after all!).

After a young tourist was dragged into the water off a pier by a sea lion in Canada, the local marine center explains why it is important to stay back.

Over the coming months, as seals and sea lions haul out on beaches and give birth to pups up and down the California coast, the Marine Mammal Center is looking for volunteers to care for a likely onslaught of young animals that need help.

But animal populations also experience wide - spread hunger, and the hundreds of emaciated young seals and sea lions stranded on California beaches in the past year were a poignant example.

But sea lion mothers are having trouble finding enough food to sustain themselves and the pups they are nursing, so many of these young animals are left starving on the islands for days at a time.

Recently, volunteers from our San Luis Obispo operations rescued a young female California sea lion from a bar in Avila, CA.

The yellow arrow (center) points to «Ear Muffs,» a young California sea lion with an entanglement around his head.

You Can Be a Marine Mammal Hero Help provide the critical care that these young California sea lions need to be successfully returned to their ocean home.

Help provide the critical care that these young California sea lions need to be successfully returned to their ocean home.

The Marine Mammal Center has an urgent need for volunteers after the facility became suddenly overwhelmed with young, orphaned sea lions and elephant seals.

A young, emaciated sea lion was rescued in San Francisco after crossing a road in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

At times, we release young California sea lions that have become accustomed to human contact and northern fur seals that are pelagic, out near the Farallon Islands via boat.

Our goal is to feed young or emaciated pinnipeds (seals and sea lions) the equivalent of 10 % of their body weight in whole fish (mostly herring) every day.

Chilly was just five months old when he was rescued — unusually young for a sea lion on his own.

We have never seen so many sea lions stranding this early in the year at such a young age and in such poor condition.

Whirlybird, a young California sea lion, was found listless and unresponsive on a set of stairs leading to the beach near Corcoran Lagoon on July 2.

Highlights include: Seal Bay Conservation Park, for a guided walk on the large sandy beach where Australian sea lions rest and nurse their young.

We also seek out other wildlife such as Campbell Island Shags, Light - mantled Sooty Albatross and, on the beaches beyond, young male sea lions testing their strength.

This spring, the center saw an influx of sick and starving young elephant seals and California sea lions.