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Steller sea lions have used three types of territories ; aquatic, semiaquatic and terrestrial.
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The decline of sea otters followed a decline in harbour seal and Steller sea lion populations, the killer whale's preferred prey, which in turn may be substitutes for their original prey, now decimated by industrial whaling.
Other marine mammals include the River otter ( Lontra canadensis ), Steller sea lions ( Eumetopias jubatus ), Common minke whales ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata ), Dall's porpoise ( Phocoenoides dalli ) and other cetaceans.
Steller ensured the voyage recorded the wildlife it encountered, discovering and describing several species of plant and animal native to the North Pacific and North America during the expedition ( including the Steller sea cow and Steller's Jay ).
The Steller sea lion is the closest extant relative of the Zalophus sea lions, being a sister taxon.
They also have manes, which are less developed than those of adult male South American and Steller sea lions.
Steller sea lion s hauling-out | haul out on a rock off the coast of Raspberry Island ( Alaska )
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Steller sea lions eat northern fur seal pups, common seal pups, and birds.
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The Steller sea lion ( Eumetopias jubatus ) also known as the northern sea lion and Steller's sea lion, is a threatened species of sea lion in the northern Pacific.
The Steller sea lion has attracted considerable attention in recent decades due to significant, unexplained declines in their numbers over a large portion of their range in Alaska.
Steller sea lion skull
Steller sea lion pups are born almost black, weighing around, and remain dark for several months.
Relative sizes of sleeping Steller sea lion pup, adult female and male on Yamsky Islands in the northeast Sea of Okhotsk
The range of the Steller sea lion extends from the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia to the Gulf of Alaska in the north, and south to Año Nuevo Island off central California.
Based on genetic anаlyses and local migration patterns, the global Steller sea lion population has traditionally been divided into an eastern and western stock at 144 ° W longitude, roughly through the middle of the Gulf of Alaska.
Steller sea lions congregate on rocks in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia.
In the summer, Steller sea lions tend to shift their range somewhat southward.
Steller sea lions are skilled and opportunistic marine predators feeding on a wide range of fish and cephalopod species.
Steller and lions
Like all other otariids, Steller sea lions are polygynous.
Steller sea lions haul out on Amak Island
Steller sea lions are sometimes killed intentionally by fishermen, as they are seen as competitors and a threat to fish stocks.
In recent years, Steller sea lions have been known to enter the Columbia River estuary and feed on white sturgeon, several salmon species and rainbow trout, some of which are also listed under the U. S. Endangered Species Act.
Since the Steller sea lions are themselves protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, managers are compelled to use nonlethal deterrence methods, such as rubber bullets and noisemakers.
As a consequence, in 1997 the western stock of Steller sea lions was listed as endangered and the eastern stock was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
* Alaska Department of Fish and Game page on Steller sea lions
* News media report on Steller sea lions and sturgeon interactions
North of Florence on U. S. Route 101 are the Sea Lion Caves, a tourist attraction that features a sea cave that is the year-round home of a population of Steller sea lions.
The zoo previously had lions, but closed the exhibit in 1998 and converted the area into Steller Cove.
Wildlife in the area includes both grizzly and black bears, moose, sitka black-tailed deer, mountain goats, dall sheep, wolves, Canada lynx, sea otters, harbor seals, Steller sea lions, Pacific white-sided dolphins, orcas, minke whales, humpback whale, bald eagless, gulls, waterfowl, and salmon.
The tours provide views of land and marine wildlife, particularly Steller sea lions, puffins, Dall's porpoises, American black bear, Mountain goats, and humpback and orca whales, as well as natural sights such as the fjords and tidewater glaciers.
The northern fur seal's range overlaps almost exactly with that of Steller sea lions, with which they occasionally cohabit reproductive rookeries, notably in the Kurils, the Commander Islands and Tyulen ' i Islands.
Occasionally, very young animals will be eaten by Steller sea lions.
Unlike Steller sea lions, with whom they share habitat and some breeding sites, northern fur seals are possessive of individual females in their harem, often aggressively competing with neighboring males for females.
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Due to the widening of Kunashiri Highway, in recent years whale and dolphin watching have become popular in the summer, whereas viewing Steller ’ s Sea Eagle, White-tailed ( sea ) Eagles, ( earless ) seals, and drift-ice are popular in the winter.
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While Steller does offer some general classes ( such as History I & II, biology, chemistry, and economics ), many of the classes are more specific ; focusing on creative writing or grammar, for example, rather than on a full spread of English studies.
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* 1709 – Georg Steller, German naturalist ( d. 1746 )
* November 14 – Georg Wilhelm Steller, German naturalist ( b. 1709 )
* March 10 – Georg Steller, German naturalist ( d. 1746 )
Over the winter, Bering recruited for the trip ahead naturalist Georg Steller and completed the report he had promised to send.
Steller was horrified to see the Koryaks tortured in search of the murderers.
Other marine mammals include walrus, Steller Sea Lion, Northern Fur Seal, Beluga, Orca and polar bear.
The species is named for the naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, who first described them in 1741.
Steller sea lion were hunted for meat and other commodities by prehistoric communities everywhere their range intersected with human communities.
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