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While information on the diet of Galapagos sea lions is limited, it is known that they are carnivores that feed mostly on sardines. They also eat other marine life like crustaceans, squid, fish, and octopus, which classifies them as piscivores. [12] Galápagos sea lions sometimes travel 10 to 15 kilometers from the coast over a span of days to ...
The flightless cormorant, a peculiar bird which has lost the ability to fly due to lack of natural predators, and the Galapagos crake, nearly flightless, are also part of this rich fauna. On the other hand, there are many mammal species, mostly sea mammals such as whales, dolphins and sea lions.
Z. californianus: California sea lion [2] western coast and islands of North America, from southeast Alaska to central Mexico. Z. wollebaeki: Galápagos sea lion [3] Galapagos islands and Ecuadorian coast, north to Isla Gorgona in Colombia. Z. japonicus: Japanese sea lion † [4]
The sea lions seen in Sacramento are typically adult males coming from the Channel Islands off the coasts of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, NOAA spokesman Michael Milstein told The Bee in 2022.
Striped Galapagos racer (Pseudalsophis steindachneri) Yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) Barrington leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus barringtonensis) Baur's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus baurii) Darwin's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus darwini) Española leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus gorii) Galapagos leaf-toed gecko ...
Sea lions are stranding themselves on a long stretch of the California coast and showing signs that they may have been poisoned by a bloom of harmful algae, experts said Thursday. The Channel ...
“We do one docent for every six kids. That’s 10 docents on that walk,” with more volunteers setting up spotting scopes so the kids can get a closer look at the sea lions barking on nearby rocks.
A total of 175,000 US gallons (660,000 L) of diesel and fuel oil spilled into the sea; this was one of the worst environmental disasters in the archipelago's history. Lynn W. Lougheed, a biologist studying with the Charles Darwin Foundation at the time, was in charge of coordinating the research on species affected by the spill of the MV Jessica.