Keyword: Steller Sea Lion
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A Steller sea lion cow (Eumetopias jubatus) exchanges a “kiss” with her pup. Lowrie is a small island on the north end of Forrester National Wildlife Refuge; it serves as the rookery of the world’s largest concentration of these mammals. About 5,000 gather here at the height of the breeding/pupping season in late June and early July. Biologists puzzle over the fact that the species is faring so badly in relatively wild Alaska. Slow starvation may be the answer, since its principal food, pollock, has become increasingly popular with human competitors.
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Biologists hold endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups in Alaska.
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Biologists hold Steller Sea Lion pups in Alaska.
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Biologists hold Steller Sea Lion pups in Alaska.
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Steller sea lions gather on the rocky shore of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)
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Biologists hold Steller Sea Lion pups in Alaska.
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Steller sea lions gather on the rocky shore of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)
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A biologist looks down at the bones of a Steller sea lion in Vancouver Island’s Clayoquot Sound (British Columbia, Canada.)
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Steller sea lions (endangered) at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lion mother and pup at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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A female Steller sea lion (endangered) holds up her pup in a display of dominance at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Male and female Steller sea lions (endangered) at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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A male Steller sea lion (endangered) defends his territory at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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A male Steller sea lion (endangered) defends his territory at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Male and female Steller sea lions (endangered) at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Male and female Steller sea lions (endangered) at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Two male Steller sea lions (endangered) battle for dominance at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Biologists study a steller sea lion at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lion at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.
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Steller sea lions at a haul-out near Ketchikan, Alaska.