In a moment we’ve been surrounded and dazed by the curiosity of these California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) that seemed to have found us as playmates, while they were probably enjoying our blunder. They are used at the contact with the persons, because they are steadily studied and controlled by the researchers of the University of La Paz. Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Island, La Paz Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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Shooting date : 2019-11-02

Keywords

Animal / Wild animal / Chordate / Vertebrate / Synapsid / Therapsid / Mammal / Marine mammal / Pinniped / Otary / California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)

Enumeration / Nobody

Matter (substance) / Water (matter) / Water surface

November

Species / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Low Risk (IUCN) LR / Least Concern (IUCN) LC

Environment / Biodiversity management / Environment management / Environment protection / UNESCO's World Heritage

Environment / Biodiversity management / Environment management / Environment protection / Biosphere reserve

Shot / Three quarter shot

Behavior / Curiosity

Look

Area / Marine area / Sea bottom

Play

Shot / Underwater shot

Shot / Overview

Shot / Low angle shot

Shot / Close-up

Motion / Locomotion / Swim

Organism / Morphology / Morphology (zoology) / Mouth

Individual / Stage of development / Adult

America / North America / Mexico (Country)

World sea and ocean / Pacific Ocean / North Pacific Ocean / Sea of Cortez / Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California / Espíritu Santo island

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Deuterostomia / Chordata / Vertebrata / Gnathostomata / Euteleostomi / Sarcopterygii / Rhipidistia / Tetrapodomorpha / Tetrapoda / Synapsida / Eupelycosauria / Therapsida / Cynodontia / Mammalia / Carnivora / Otariidae / Zalophus

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