La Jolla blue water is a photograph by Jennifer Craft which was uploaded on February 2nd, 2017.
La Jolla blue water
La Jolla has both harbor seals and sea lions so let’s go over how to spot the difference.... more
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La Jolla blue water
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Jennifer Craft
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La Jolla has both harbor seals and sea lions so let’s go over how to spot the difference.
The most obvious is that sea lions have external ears. This is the first thing I look for from a distance though now I can usually tell by their coloring and how they stand. Sea lions also have larger and stronger front flippers that enable them to “walk” and climb up cliffs which is why they’re so visible around La Jolla Cove. Seals move around on land by writhering on their stomachs. They have smaller, webbed front flippers.
Sea lions are brown and seals are darker grey, brown or almost black with speckled skin. If you hear barking, that’s definitely a sea lion. Seals are only capable of low grunts.
Seals are typically solitary animals but you will see them in large groups here in La Jolla. Sea lions often pile up next to each other like BFFs.
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