What is the difference between a sea lion and a walrus?

What is the difference between a sea lion and a walrus?

The sea lions have external ear flaps (pinnae) and long front flippers. Unlike the sea lions, walrus have tusks and whiskers. The tusk and stiff whiskers are the main features that differentiate a walrus from a sea lion. Walrus is also bigger than sea lions.

What are the differences between seals and sea lions?

Seals and sea lions are marine mammals called ‘pinnipeds’ that differ in physical characteristics and adaptations. Sea lions (left) are brown, bark loudly, “walk” on land using their large flippers and have visible ear flaps. Seals have small flippers, wriggle on their bellies on land, and lack visible ear flaps.

What do pinnipeds have in common?

Pinnipeds have four webbed flippers used to propel their spindle-shaped bodies. Their sensory organs are adapted to function in both air and water: large eyes and well-developed whiskers allow feeding in dimly lit water; tail and external ears are small, limiting drag.

Do earless seals have fur?

True, or earless, seals do have ears. They just don’t have visible earflaps. True seals are also called hair seals – again, they have fur, but it’s not the lovely thick coat found on fur seals. True seals are better designed for water than for land.

How long do fur seals live?

Male northern fur seals can live up to 18 years, while females can live up to 27 years.

How many fish does a seal eat per day?

The relatively diminutive harbor seal weighs 300 pounds on average and needs only 12 to 18 pounds of seafood on his menu daily.

How much fish does a sea lion eat per day?

“Or sitting fish.” Every sea lion eats three to five fish a day.

Do seals eat large fish?

Seals eat primarily fish. Seals do not have a preference for one specific fish species, but they usually catch fish that live close to the sea bottom. Flatfish, lesser sandeel and cod species are their favorite food, although what they eat can vary per season, depending upon what’s available.

Do polar bears eat their own babies?

Polar bear cannibalism likely isn’t a rare event, but it’s rarely witnessed by people. This may be the first time it’s been captured so well on video. A new video has captured a gruesome and little seen side to polar bears: When times are tough, males cannibalize cubs.

What animal can eat a polar bear?

Adult polar bears have no natural predators, though walruses and wolves can kill them.

Do grizzly bears kill each other?

Bears sometimes kill each other by throwing their opponents out of trees. The bear below has the advantage because the bear above cannot easily hang on and face downward to fight back. Grizzlies, too, can climb – perhaps not as quickly, but they have been known to attack people who climbed trees to escape.