SEA LIONS
· Differ from “True Seals” as they have external ear flaps, long forearms resembling flippers used for propulsion, and rotatable hind flippers that allow quadrupedal (use of four limbs) locomotion on land.
· On average, females weigh 579 pounds and males weigh 1,245 pounds.
· Have a lifespan of 20-30 years.
· Colonial breeders that give birth to one pup a year.
· Males reach sexual maturity at 3-7 years, but do not hold territories on breeding rookeries until 9-13 years.
· Females begin breeding 3-7 years and spend the next two decades either pregnant or lactating.
· Do not migrate, but do move their “central-place haul-out,” the center of their foraging activity, to track seasonal concentrations of their many types of prey.
· On average, females weigh 579 pounds and males weigh 1,245 pounds.
· Have a lifespan of 20-30 years.
· Colonial breeders that give birth to one pup a year.
· Males reach sexual maturity at 3-7 years, but do not hold territories on breeding rookeries until 9-13 years.
· Females begin breeding 3-7 years and spend the next two decades either pregnant or lactating.
· Do not migrate, but do move their “central-place haul-out,” the center of their foraging activity, to track seasonal concentrations of their many types of prey.