California Sea Lion

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Zalophus californianus

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Surfing sea lions, one does a flip. San Nicolas Island.
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Mr. Whiskers.
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Surfing Sea Lions - San Nicolas Island, California.
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Zalophus californianus EYEBALL CLOSE 2016 11-29 Bodega Bay-b-102
Zalophus californianus EYEBALL CLOSE 2016 Bodega Bay 102
Zalophus californianus on docks CLOSE 2014 10-30 Ch Isl Hbr-301
Zalophus californianus docks CLOSE 2014 Isl Hbr 301
Dorsal view of a wild bull sea lion showing mystacial vibrissae.
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Wild bull sea lion shows mystacial vibrissae from underneath.
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Zalophus californianus EYE CLOSE 2016 11-29 Bodega Bay-b-021
Zalophus californianus EYE CLOSE 2016 Bodega Bay 021
So I asked Suellen to wave her hands around like she was going to feed this sea lion, in order for me to get a close up shot. Little did I know it practically bit her hand off.
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Zalophus pup diving companion - Santa Barbara Island.
Sea lion begins a dive in the kelp forest. Cathedral Cove, Anacapa Island.
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Close look at two California Sea Lions.
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One of my early 35mm slides, a pair of Sea Lions rafting.
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Side view of a California Sea Lion bull in the water.
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Q. Where does a 1000-pound sea lion bull sleep?
A. Anywhere it wants to.
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Top view of bull sea lion crusing through the glassy water. (cropped version)
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Top view of bull sea lion crusing through the glassy water. (uncropped version)
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Bull sea lion circles around on the glassy surface.
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Four furry brothers.
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Taking a peak.
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sea lion on a glassy morning with external ear flaps clearly visible.
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Glassy morning and a sea lion looks around.
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Long neck wild sea lion.
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Crowded peak. Sea lions communal surfing at San Nicolas Island.
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Wild sea lions going amok far away from shore.
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Porpoising sea lion.
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Wild sea lions going amok far away from shore.
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Diving sea lion.
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A few of our brown furry brothers holding a body surfing contest in the San Nicolas Island shorebreak.
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Sea lion acting shy.
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Sea lions rest on the shore as a dozen or so furry brothers ride the shore break.
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Sea lion pops its head out of the giant kelp forest to take a look.
Crowded docks at San Francisco pier 39.
Three level apartment living.
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Malibu High biology students make a few notes at Zuma Beach.
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Mammal observes warning sign for mammals.
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Porpoising sea lion.
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Sea lions on mooring can tied to towboat Klihyam, which is tied to a bunker barge offloading oil for the power plant at El Segundo, California.
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Sea lions on mooring can tied to Towboat Klihyam which is tied to bunker barge offloading oil at the El Segundo power station.
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Sea lion pups romp and play - Painted Cave, Santa Cruz Island, California.
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Sea lion carcass hangs from one of the El Segundo buoys after it climbed up while entangled in a nylon monofilament gill net. The net hooked up on some buoy hardware and the situation went downhill quickly.
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Crowded buoy - El Segundo, California.
Glassy morning and sea lion begins a dive.
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More sea lion acrobatics.
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Streams of water fly off the hydrodynamic sea lion body.
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Sea lion porpoising full speed ahead.
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The three muskateers.
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Series of photos showing sea lions in the clear, blue waters near the giant kelp forest. Cathedral Cove, Anacapa Island.
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