Unlike the true, or earless, seals (family Phocidae), sea lions and other eared seals (family Otari.... metr sea

Unlike the true, or earless, seals (family Phocidae), sea lions and other eared seals (family Otariidae) are able to rotate their hind flippers forward to use all four limbs when moving about on land. The California sea lion, found along the coasts of California (including , Mexico), the , and Japan, is the trained seal commonly seen in animal acts and zoos. The male reaches a maximum length of about 2.5 metres (8 feet) and a weight of 400 kg (880 pounds); the female grows to about 1.8 metres and 90 kg. The , or Steller, sea lion ( Eumetopias jubatus ) is a pale- to golden-brown sea lion of the Bering Sea and both sides of the North Pacific Ocean. Males are about 3.3 metres in length and weigh 1,000 kg; females measure about 2.5 metres and weigh less than 300 kg. The male is about 2.5 metres in length and weighs 200350 kg; the female is about 1.8 metres long and 140 kg. South American sea lions eat mostly fish, squid, and crustaceans but occasionally kill and eat other seals! . Adult males are 2.02.5 metres in length and weigh 300 kg, whereas females measure 1.5 metres long and weigh less than 100 kg. metr sea