Sea Lions

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Sea Lions

• By Kimberly, Mayra and Lizbeth

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Sea Lions

• It is hard to believe, but California sea lions
  have a very loud roar, which sounds like a dog
  barking! They use their bark to communicate with
  each other and also to scare other animals away.

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Sea Lions

• There is so much more to learn about California
  sea lions. In our power point presentation, you
  will find out more about what California sea
  lions look like, their habitat, what California
  sea lions like to eat, how they care for their
  pups, and also some interesting and amazing facts
  about California sea lions.

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Sea Lions

• Have you ever seen a California sea lion?
  California sea lions look like seals. They are in
  a group of mammals called pinnipeds. The word
  pinniped means fin footed.

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Sea Lions

• Pinnipeds dont have arms and legs. They have
  four flippers. California sea lions have two long
  front flippers and two shorter back flippers .

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Sea Lions

• Sea lions cant breathe underwater. They have to
  swim up to the surface of the water to breathe
  air. Their body is smooth and rounded. This helps
  them to swim fast.

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Habitat

• Do you realize that most California sea lions
  live in North America along the shore of the
  Pacific Ocean? California sea lions are found
  along the Pacific Coast from southern Mexico up
  to British Columbia, Canada.

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Prey

• Have you ever wondered what California sea lions
  eat? A California sea lions prey is fish and
  squid. They must swim to find food. Sea lions
  use their sharp teeth to bite into their prey.

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Pups

• Have you ever seen a new California sea lion pup?
  The pup is 3 feet long and weighs 35 pounds.
  Pups are born in an area called a rookery. The
  rookeries are on small islands.

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Cows and Pups

• The mother sea lion is called a cow. She has one
  baby at a time. When a pup is one week old the
  mother leaves. She leaves to hunt. When pups are
  born they have soft fur on their backs but they
  dont have fur on their flippers.

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• When pups play it looks like arguing. A pup
  learns to swim by watching its mother swim. When
  they are six weeks old they can swim well.

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• Pups cant stay in the water for a long time
  because their blubber is too thin to keep them
  warm.

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• California sea lions have one baby a year. Most
  California sea lion pups grow up in the same
  rookery where their mother was born. A pup stays
  with its mother until they are one year old. When
  their mothers are away pups sleep a lot. They
  drink milk from their mother. But when the pup is
  six months old it can catch its own food.

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• When the pup is about one year old it leaves its
  mother and lives on its own.

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Enemies

• Youll be shocked to learn that animals that live
  on land do not hunt California sea lions. But
  they are hunted by animals that live in the
  water. Sharks and Killer whales hunt sea lions
  while they are swimming.

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Dangers to Sea Lions

• Many people use fishing nets to catch fish. Young
  sea lions often play with the fishing nets.
  Sometimes part of the fishing net gets stuck
  around a young sea lions neck. As the sea lion
  grows, the net becomes tighter .

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• The net may tear off, or the sea lion may be able
  to rub it against a rock. But if the net stays on
  it begins to cut into the sea lions skin.

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• Some people put noisemakers on their fishing
  nets. The noisemakers scare the sea lions. So sea
  lions dont play with nets that have noisemakers.

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Laws

• The United States has laws to protect California
  Sea Lions.

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• We would like to thank our 5th Grade mentors
• Lesdin and Lizeth