Sentences with phrase «young sea lions»

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

What's even more challenging for our dedicated workforce of animal care volunteers is that these starving young sea lions aren't the only hungry mouths they need to keep fed.

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

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

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.

There are now so many young sea lions being stranded on the West Coast that federal officials say they can't keep up.

On March 30, Percevero returned to the wild at Chimney Rock in Point Reyes National Seashore along with six other young sea lions.

Some of my most memorable trips have been nature and adventure trips: Seeing wildlife in its natural habitat up close & personal is an awe - inspiring experience — from diving with young sea lions to finding lions on your own or seeing Orang Utans!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Here's the young sea lion «passenger» list:

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.

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.

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.

Cruise to Mosquera Island, surrounded by lava reefs, the perfect rookery for young sea lions.

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.

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).

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

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.

At Los Islotes, guests enjoy a once - in - a-lifetime adventure snorkeling with playful, young sea lions.