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The Australian Sea Lion

Did you know you can tell a sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) from a seal because it has got an external ear, seals have internal ears? Sea lions exist near both the antarctic and the arctic. The Australia Sea lions are found only on islands offshore of West Australia and South Australia. The Australian sea lion once bred in Bass Strait but was eradicated by the sealing industry (source). The bulls stay ashore to defend pregnant females. The (non-pregnant) females go out to hunt a wide variety of prey including several types of fish (including sharks), cephalopods, sea birds and rock lobsters. Females also display "fostering behavior", caring and nursing and protecting the young of others at her own expense. She will even adopt it when the natural mother is killed.

Photo by Brian M Hunt. Licensed under GNU Free Documentation License.

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