If you go to SeaWorld you can see many different types of marine life. You can see a Orca perform tricks, a seal lion balance a ball on their nose, and a seal being majestic as heck. People usually mix up seals and sea lions. Although seals and sea lions have some similarities, they have differences too such as their physical attributes and behavior. The physical attributes of seals and sea lions may look the same but, they differ in a lot of ways. For one, seals were built to live better in water than in land. Seals have hind flippers that angle backwards and don’t rotate they can swim faster. Sea lions have rotating hind flippers. Sea lions can hold their breath for 8-20 minutes while seals can hold theirs for two hours, thus giving them …show more content…
Seals like to be alone and they’re usually spotted alone. Seals only go on land together to mate once a year so they can’t really socialize and make friends. Seals don’t talk either, they only make soft grunts. Sea lions on the other hand are very social. They travel in groups and they are very loud. Most groups have thousands of sea lions and they travel together. Sea lions depend on each other unlike seals because they’re independent. Although seals and sea lions look different, their ancestors and cousins are the same. Seals and sea lions come from the same family, the Pinniped family, which means fin-footed in latin. The family is made of seals, sea lions, and walruses. Seals and sea lions are also related to domestic dogs and bears. Seals and sea lions are both semi-aquatic animals, they also have the word sea in their names. Seals and sea lions are also different in talent. A lot of sea lions are in circuses and you would probably see one if you went to a circus. Since seal lions can “walk” they’re more likely to be recruited into a circus then a squirming seal. Sea lions can also be trained to balance balls on their noses. Sea lions can also jump in and out of water like a dolphin. Sea lions can also spin in circles. Seals can kiss people if trained. They can’t do much because they can’t walk, only squirm. Seals also go down slides as SeaWorld as a spontaneous
The picture above shows the vast difference that there can be in animals, to the right is Emerita Analoga (sand crab), and to the left is Zalophus Californianus (California Sea Lion). The sand crab is an invertebrate while the seal is a vertebrate and mammal. Invertebrates make up 90% of all an...
One of the most common dolphins that are found in southern California is the bottlenose dolphin (Kelly). The bottlenose dolphin is mainly found in coastal waters between 45 degrees north and 45 degrees south, also in Northern Europe waters. It is believed that there are two types of bottlenose dolphin regional wise: oceanic form and coastal form. This species is studied the most by biologists (Jefferson). The coastal population lives in fairly open groups with twenty or less in a pod, some groups are found to contain more in open ocean. It is not uncommon for these species to interact and breed with other species, as would a human interact with other diverse humans. The dolphins feeding behavior is adapted to the availability of resources. They sometimes are known to work together to catch fish from large schools, they also trail behind large fishing boats to catch what falls behind (Leatherwood).
For 50 years SeaWorld has entertained park guests with numerous stunts involving the majestic sea creature, the orca, also referred to as the killer whale, and their human trainers. What the on-lookers don’t see at these shows is what goes on behind the scenes: how the whales got there in the first place, and the conditions in which they are housed.
In the Gulf of St. Lawrence yearly they open a hunt for the seal hunters to allow them to preform there duties to destroy the cultural wildlife of the sea in the Maritimes. During this time of season you can see many different vessels of many sizes travelling through the ice searching for their prey. Usually they are known as commercial seal hunters. Harp and hooded seals are the majority of prey. When they reach the seals, they continue their job by shooting any seal in sight, young, old, or even seals carrying infant seals. It is a very difficult situation to imagine when the helpless animals flee from their hunters. Seals do escape and can continue on, but the ones who are shot and are hurt usually just slip under the radar and eventually suffer and die. The hunters use hakapiks to kill the injured seals at close range, it is a big wooden club with an ice pick at the end for dragging purposes. They also club immobile injured seals. After the seal is killed, the captors then take their hakapik pick and put it into the seals back to carry it aboard their vessels. It is then the seal is skinned, sometimes while alive. Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans isn’t large enough to do ...
Killer whales are one of the most fascinating displays of ocean life. The killer whale has characteristics that are important to its survival in the ocean. It is interesting to know that killer whales have a plentiful diet. It is astounding to see how killer whales behave in the ocean. I plan to tell you about the killer whale, its characteristics, its diet, and its behavior in the ocean as well as the predation of the orca.
These two types typically avoid each other at all costs. In the wild, orcas are predators, meaning they hunt down their food. The whole species has varied diets, depending on which region of the world they come from. “Resident whales feed on fish and squid. Transients feed on seals, sea lions, porpoises, and baleen whales” (Francis).
They are the second smartest animal in the world. They nurture their young for most of their lives. They also socialise with any creature, unless they show signs of harm. Dolphins make very popular playmates and will come up to humans for almost anything. They rely on each other to live. They learn quickly and communicate well with one another. God designed dolphins with unique physical features and behaviors in order to glorify Him.
Although the trainers are not allowed to be in the water with them, the trainers still use the same tactics of training. Some of the tricks the whales practice on a daily basis are, waving, showing off their teeth, laying on their side, and squirting water out of their blow hole. The shows still consist of the same concepts and the crowds continue to pay to see the whales do tricks. Whales living in captivity remain in distress and continue to lash out at trainers and other whales in their pools (10 Things You Didn’t
Today, in addition to the bottlenose dolphins, the Navy program includes sea lions and white beluga whales. The sea lions have excellent hearing and can dive much deeper than dolphins. They are trained for marking mines and retrieving torpedoes or practice mines, all while being more efficient than human divers. The white beluga whales dive deeper than the sea lions to recover inert torpedoes and are currently on loan from Sea World.
The wide paws prevent sea ice from breaking by distributing weight while walking. Their paws allow them to pull a 600 pound seal out of its breathing hole (Rosing, 20). The webbed feet result in making polar bears, unlike other bear species to be considered as marine mammals along with seals, sea lions, walruses, whales and dolphins (Polar Bear). According to Rosing, Polar bears are excellent swimmers and have been known to swim up to six miles an hour and as far as 60 miles at a stretch. Bears paddle with their front feet and steer with their back feet.
A Navy Seal is one of the most physically, and mentally demanding jobs there is. These soldiers belong to the Navy Special Warfare Command. That means that they are trained on air, land, and sea. These Seals are the
The Navy is very flexible having its own Special Forces team too. The U.S. Navy Seals are one of the most elite fighting forces in the world. They are able to operate in all environments, including sea, air, and land. Their training is some of the most advanced in the entire world taking some, thirty months of blood sweat and tears. Only around 25% of prospect Navy Seals will make it through the vigorous training (Luttrell). The Navy Seals normal missions consist usually of, recon, capture/kil...
Lions are one of the world’s most famous predators. Their preys ranges from insects to giraffes; but they prefer large animals such as zebras and wildebeast. The lion will cautiously stalk its prey until it is within close range and it will sprint reaching speeds about 50 to 60 km/h. The lion will usually take its prey down by the neck using its huge jaws and razor sharp claws. The female is the hunter and will have the first meat, soon after the male comes to share the meat.
The capturing of wild orcas to fill aquariums and marine parks began in the early 1960’s. The methods and equipment used to capture these large creatures varied greatly and it wasn’t until the end of the 1960’s that whale collectors perfected their seizure methods. (Henn C) Concern from the public didn’t make waves until the mid-1970s when people really started to see how complex orcas really are. (Henn C) Killer whales have the second largest marine mammal brain, weighing around fifteen pounds. (Spear K) Orcas large brain size and diverse behavior and vocal capabilities all indicate a high level of intelligence. (Anderson R) Killer whales have passed the mirror test signifying they have some level of self-awareness. (Anderson R) The killer whale’s ability to develop friendships and possible empathize also indicates a certain level of social cognition. (Anderson R) Additionally, orcas have diversified hunting methods and “cultures” that can be passed on to new generations. (Spear K) Recently, a female captive orca in France named Wikie was taught to mimic human speech. (Kantor A) This groundbreaking discovery indicates that orcas have the ability to vocally imitate sounds and may explain the different dialects found across killer whale subspecies. (Kantor A) (ADD detail as to why orcas are complex). (complicated communication between their species, learned
...r. Even though they live in the ocean all their life and also amusement parks, dolphins are mammals, not fish. That makes them very intersting animals because of all the charactics that they have that people would have never known about. Dolphins are by far the most intelligant marine mammals in the ocean.