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= Hi. My name is Maia. I am learning about the sea lion. Welcome to my page. = A gray and creamy brown female sea lion chased a shark in the wavy salt water with her baby on June 2nd because her baby was hungry. By Maia P.  4/08 = The Life of a Sea Lion = = = By Maia P 4/08
 * The Sea Lion **

Description Sea Lions have 25 whiskers. Males have dark brown fur with a pale neck and females have gray fur on their back and creamy fur on their front. Males weigh 900 pounds. Males are 3 times heavier than females. They have small slim ear flaps. Their flippers are long like wings. The front flippers of a Sea Lion have no nails or hair. The sea lion is not a fish it is a marine mammal. Sea lions are pinipeds. Babies Sea Lions babies weigh about 24 pounds at birth. In 9 days they weigh up to 75 pounds. Their babies are called calves. Sea Lions have their babies on the shore. They give birth to a single calf. The mother feeds them for 1 to 2 years. They grow very fast.

Predators Sea Lions predators are killer whales and sharks. Sea Lions sometimes get caught in fishing nets. The animals drown or get injured. Those that survive have scars for the rest of their life. Also ocean pollution kills seals and sea lions.

Food Sea Lions eat fish, squid, octopus, crabs, clams and lobsters. They have 34 to 38 teeth for grasping and tearing food NOT for chewing. Habitat Sea Lions live in cold places like the North and South Pole. They also live on beaches. Other Sea lions can move on land but not as smoothly as they can on water. They are able to swim in extremely cold water.

The Australian sea lion is the only piniped in Australia. Steller sea lions are the quietest sea lions. Sea lions and fur seals are similar. A sea lion is an eared seal.

Why is the ocean blue? The ocean reflects the blue sky.

How many oceans are there in the world? There is only one ocean in the world.

What are the main "oceans" called? They are called the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern.

What is a sea? A sea is like a little ocean with some land around it.

Why is the ocean salty? The salt is from rocks and soil that was washed in to the ocean.