| | | | Californian Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) | | There is a couple of Californian sea lions living together with the dolphins; the Californian sea lions were brought to Klaipėda from Duisburg Zoo, Germany. Their offspring, the female Basta, participates in the shows successfully. | | | Californian sea lions belong to the class of mammals, the order of pinnipeds, the suborder of eared seals.
A baby Californian sea lion weighs about 6–9 kilograms. | | | Adult males can weigh about 400 kg.
Females weigh by far less, ca 110 kilograms. | | | They can reach a length of nearly 2 meters.
Their population numbers ca 200,000 individuals. | | | They feed on cephalopod molluscs, small sharks, mackerel, herring and other kinds of fish.
Their main enemies are white sharks and humpback whales. |
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