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Zalophus Californianus
Dark leathery skin and whiskers, sea animal.
California coast
Found in La Jolla
Spotted on Jan 10, 2014
Submitted on Jan 13, 2014
3 Comments
Thanks for the help!
I agree, they appear to be California sea lions.
It's really hard to see, but they look like California Sea Lions.
The Harbor Seals seen in California usually have lighter color fur and mottled skin. The most noticeable difference is sea lions have large flippers that they can prop themselves up on and pointier snouts. Seals have shorter flippers so they are quite clumsy on land.