To everyone's astonishment,
a small sea lion pup was nursing beside her.
Not exact matches
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).
More recent reports of high
pup production (up to 5000
pups) and increase in colonies size seem unlikely: given the scarce breeding outside of
Sea Lion Island, we think that the whole population size may be significantly
smaller.