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Californian Sea Lion
Zalophus californianus
The California sea lion is the animal most people picture when they think "seal", and it is not one. It is an otariid, an eared seal: it has visible external ear flaps, and it can rotate its hind flippers forward under the body and walk, even gallop, on all fours — a true seal c…
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- Californian Sea Lions can recognize and remember individual human voices, which is rare among non-human animals.
- The US Navy's Marine Mammal Program has trained California sea lions for decades to detect swimmers, mark underwater intruders, and recover objects from the seafloor, taking advantage of their manoeuvrability and low-light vision. They can dive to nearly 300 m and hold their breath for around 10 minutes. The incessant honking bark of a harbour is almost entirely territorial males; females and juveniles are far quieter.
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