Sentences with phrase «though sea lions»

Even though sea lions may move away from loud noises at first, for example, they eventually get used to those new sounds and stick around.

Not exact matches

Though Estes can't prove it, he thinks the killer whales subsequently turned to other populations of marine mammals, first decimating seals and sea lions before doing the same to otters.

So it should come as no surprise that the lion's mane targets the invasive sea walnut — though it is not as successful as it is against more familiar prey.

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.

The lack of human companionship doesn't bother them, though — Nim plays with and talks to her pet lizard and sea lion, and enthusiastically devours a once - a-month shipment of adventure novels featuring a swashbuckling, fedora - sporting character named Alex Rover.

Beginning with 10 sea otters (which are as long as 9 yellowfin tuna), Limentani's vibrantly colored block - print illustrations continue to count down, though 8 California sea lions, 7 leatherback sea turtles, and so on, all the way down to 1 humpback whale.

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.

Seals are different from sea lions though they are related... seals do not have ear flaps, they can't «walk» around on their flippers like sea lions can, but the most beautiful difference is their vocalizations.

Though, it may also mean that you simply have an inordinate infatuation with gaseous sea lions, in which case the Galapagos is the place for you, as this recent Sydney Morning Herald article explains.

She has monitored pinniped (seal and sea lion) populations at Point Reyes and elsewhere in central California, and has never personally seen an attack so close, though others who study and tag sharks have.

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.

The Orcas just passed trough though, paying no attention to the sea lions.

Though 2015 was a record year, the warming of parts of the Pacific Ocean and the resulting deleterious effects on seals and sea lions began before the onset of the current El Niño effect.

Hornblower touts the northern tour as the most popular for sea lion sightings but I've seen them plenty of times on the southern tour as well (though note that it's never a guarantee you'll see them at all).

Intrepid divers often see sharks that are almost six metres (19 feet six inches) long, though thankfully, not while they are swimming with sea lions.