Sea lions have an external ear flap and seals do not.
The easiest way to tell seals and sea lions apart are by their ears and their flippers.
They are the fastest of any sea lion or seal, swimming up to 25 mph.Navy Marine Mammal Program, including detecting underwater landmines and equipment recovery. The California sea lion is used in military applications by the U.S.By sealing their noses shut, they are able to stay underwater for up to 10 minutes.The Fred Carroll Family Sea Lion Pool is temporarily closed. They were rescued by The Marine Mammal Center and found a second chance at life here at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens since 2011.
Both were blinded from injury and disease in the wild and could not survive on their own. In 2020, we sadly lost both of our rescued sea lions, Silent Knight and Henry.
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