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Australian Sea Lion

Neophoca cinerea

Description:

The Australian sea lion lives only in Western Australia and South Australia and nowhere else in the world. The total population of these animals is only about 10,000 to 12,000, which makes the Australia sea lion one of the rarest sea lion species in the world.

Habitat:

I took a visit to Kangaroo Islands Seal Bay, Home to a colony of around 1000 sea lions. I Managed to get very close to these magnificent animals, whilst they where resting on the beach from there three day fishing trip out at sea. An unforgettable experience!

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8 Comments

SeanWeekly
SeanWeekly 12 years ago

New picture added

SeanWeekly
SeanWeekly 12 years ago

Thanks Ilya they are truly amazing animals!

Ilya Bezdelev
Ilya Bezdelev 12 years ago

Lovely animals!

SeanWeekly
SeanWeekly 12 years ago

They where almost extint due to hunting, but lots of hard work and conservation has allowed these beautiful animals to live peacefully.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

So Peaceful, very hard to understand Man's slaughter of them.

SeanWeekly
SeanWeekly 12 years ago

thanks Atul!

vanhevel
vanhevel 12 years ago

great pose on that second picture!

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

lovely spotting pal!

SeanWeekly
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SeanWeekly

5275, South Australia, Australia

Spotted on Feb 14, 2012
Submitted on Feb 16, 2012

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