Australian sea-lion at Houtman Abrolhos, WA
Identification history
| Neophoca cinerea | 21 Aug 2024 | Liam.m | ||
| Neophoca cinerea | 21 Aug 2024 | jb2602 |
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jb2602
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21 Aug 2024
Sea-lions have long front flippers and are able to draw their rear flippers up under their body. This enables them to walk on land, seals can't do this and the best that they can manage is to wriggle across land. It's still a big effort to to move this huge body weight and the walk is more like a lumber. Sea-lions tend to collapse in a heap to rest after a very short "walk".
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- Coordinates 113.780726-28.700691
- Maps Houtman Abrolhos Islands National Park
- Places Houtman Abrolhos, WA
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- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 17 Apr 2024 03:32 PM Recorded on
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- Neophoca cinerea Scientific name
- Australian sea-lion Common name
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