Lion growl hump plus#

Walking around the marina in Cabo San Lucas, you can see them resting on the docks or cruising around under the piers foraging for fisherman’s leftovers. We usually see California Sea Lions in groups, on rocks and surfaces near the shore. They can be seen throughout the west coasts and islands of North and Central America, from Alaska to Costa Rica, resting on rocky shores, piers and navigational buoys, hunting in open ocean miles off shore. That’s almost 5 times more then females!Ĭalifornia Sea Lions have been recorded diving as deep as 400 meters, but usually do not go more then 80-90 meters deep. Males can grow up to 2.5 meters/7 feet and weigh 520 kg/1150 lbs or more. This protruding hump makes it easy to differentiate between males and females along with their size. Males are dark brown to black and have a big hump on their forehead called the Sagittal Crest. Female California Sea Lions are light-chocolate brown in color, have a flat head, can grow up to 2 meters/6 feet and weigh up to 110 kg/250 lbs. This gives them the ability to turn abruptly when swimming in the water, all while maintaining hydrodynamics.

Another interesting ‘move’ the sea lions can do is to bend their necks all the way to their hind-flippers, thanks to their extra flexible spine. They also have longer flippers, which allows them to ‘walk’ on land, though to me, it looks more like they are breakdancing. They are a part of the Eared Seals family, along with Fur seals and other sea lion species, as they have external ear flaps. As part of the Pinnipeds clade, they are very similar to seals, but have some distinctive features. The California Sea Lion is an air breathing, warm blooded, milk sucking marine mammal that, surprisingly, descended from the family of the bears.

C alifornianus (specifying their geographic breeding areas). Zalophus (Za – in Greek intensive, Lophus – crest, referring to the Sagittal Crest of males, distinguishing the genus). But I am, however, a bit offended by the emails, even if I am a few lbs heavier than normal.Scientific name: Zalophus californianus.

Lion growl hump plus#

* please note, for political purposes I must state that I have no such issues with plus sized humans 😉 It is not my goal to offend anyone. So please, please stop sending me emails in which you offer to send me plus sized garments to wear in my outfit posts. And while I know that by Fashion Industry standards and Hollywood standards a size 6 is considered plus size, I guarantee you that in reality, it is not. While I am a curvy woman, I still only wear a size 6. And yes, I said tapes for those of you born in the 90’s 😉 * Title: lyrics from Cyndi Lauper “She Bop” …this was one of my first tapes, this and Madonna, of course. I keep looking for a replacement pair that are a bit updated but with the same overall look but these just keep winning like Charlie Sheen. * Guess buckle heels from 2008 …I can’t believe how often I am wearing these lately actually. * Gucci classic stripe large cat eye sunglasses * D&G gold watch and simple gold hoops …sometimes I just can’t be bothered with too many accessories. * Van Cleef and Arpels Alhambra INSPIRED necklace from Etsy See the new, renovated gallery space here. * Coral tank dress from Victoria’s Secret and in the OLD gallery space. * Black and white print shirt dress is by Alice and Trixie and I think I got it at GILT What I’m Wearing …another case of Dress Layering, I can’t stop lately! here & here