California sea lions can also live in fresh water for periods of time.

California sea lions may eat alone or in small to large groups, depending on the amount of food available.

Two California sea lions are fed by their keepers during this wonderful moment.

Behind the little round man gallumped a glossy California sea lion.

Some taxonomists still consider it as a subspecies of the California sea lion.

California sea lions communicate with a range of barks.

Cub is one of three California sea lions born this month to three mothers.

Killer whales can mimic the barks of California sea lions.

Aquaticus: more than 1,500 aquatic creatures, including California sea lions and coral.

Other resident animals include California sea lions and American black swifts.

Sea life includes the American lobster and California sea lion.

But by March, the aquarium expects to replace their show with one starring three California sea lions.

This park is a favourite haul out for harbour seals, Northern & California sea lions.

Up to 30 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions would be deployed.

Though not as abundant as the California sea lion, they are still a concern for those agencies charged with managing the fish populations.

Sapoviruses have been identified in bats, California sea lions, dogs, pigs and mink.

California sea lions have a polygynous breeding pattern.

Common marine mammals around Catalina include California sea lions and harbor seals.

Eventually, the bottlenose dolphin and California sea lion were shown to be the best at what the Navy needed them for.

Being sexually dimorphic, California sea lions differ in size, shape, and coloration between the sexes.

As an otariid, the California sea lion relies on its foreflippers to propel itself when swimming.

California sea lions can produce vocalizations underwater.

Gulf of California sea lions do not migrate; they stay in the Gulf year-round.

The California sea lions hadn't been fed yet either; one lazily amused himself, gliding upside down underwater, eyes closed.

California sea lions are ambushed from below and struck mid-body before being dragged and eaten.

More recently, studies on hydrodynamic detection in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) have been done.

The California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is a coastal eared seal native to western North America.

California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

Predators that do eat the fish include Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) and the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus).

Its name is derived from the population of Steller's sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) and California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) who used to haul out on the rock.

Slippery the Sea Lion was a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) who in June 1958 escaped from a marine mammal park in London, Ontario, Canada.

R J Stephens, I J Beebe, T C Poulter Innervation of the vibrissae of the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Anat Rec.