Sea Lion Nation

A Blog devoted to the Awesome Animal Known as the Sea Lion!


benitah: If injured animals normally go to a zoo to recover, then Panchita, a Galapagos Sea Lion, is no ordinary animal. Panchita is, instead, one smart and lucky animal, with a taste for the good life. When the mammal found herself injured with deep cuts all over her body after being caught in a net in the ocean, she washed up not on rough shores, but at a hotel, according to Animal Advocacy, a Phoenix-based organization. Animal advocates there who found Panchita spent the next three months nursing her back to health.  Panchita, now pregnant and expecting her baby sea lion any day, goes out to sea every day and then returns to the hotel to rest. In this photo, Panchita is captured post-ocean swim, improbably lying next to Eric Nies, the star of the first season of the MTV reality show, “The Real World.”  Nies provided the photo to Animal Advocacy through the Seals of Nam, a worldwide initiative that aims to “bring the stench of the Namibian seal massacre to the nostrils of an indignant world,” according to its website. Methinks Panchita might be the smartest sea lion alive. I’ve seen Frozen Planet and Panchita definitely has the right idea. Nice to see that Eric Nies is doing pretty much exactly what he did on The Real World and as host of The Grind…nothing.

benitah:

If injured animals normally go to a zoo to recover, then Panchita, a Galapagos Sea Lion, is no ordinary animal.

Panchita is, instead, one smart and lucky animal, with a taste for the good life.

When the mammal found herself injured with deep cuts all over her body after being caught in a net in the ocean, she washed up not on rough shores, but at a hotel, according to Animal Advocacy, a Phoenix-based organization.

Animal advocates there who found Panchita spent the next three months nursing her back to health.  Panchita, now pregnant and expecting her baby sea lion any day, goes out to sea every day and then returns to the hotel to rest.

In this photo, Panchita is captured post-ocean swim, improbably lying next to Eric Nies, the star of the first season of the MTV reality show, “The Real World.”  Nies provided the photo to Animal Advocacy through the Seals of Nam, a worldwide initiative that aims to “bring the stench of the Namibian seal massacre to the nostrils of an indignant world,” according to its website.

Methinks Panchita might be the smartest sea lion alive. I’ve seen Frozen Planet and Panchita definitely has the right idea.

Nice to see that Eric Nies is doing pretty much exactly what he did on The Real World and as host of The Grind…nothing.

The rarest breed of sea lion is the New Zealand sea lion (also know as the Hooker’s sea lion or the whakahao). This breed of sea lion can only be found in New Zealand, and scientists estimate that, as on 2008, the population was only 9,000 sea lions strong.

The rarest breed of sea lion is the New Zealand sea lion (also know as the Hooker’s sea lion or the whakahao). This breed of sea lion can only be found in New Zealand, and scientists estimate that, as on 2008, the population was only 9,000 sea lions strong.

Sea Lion Fact #3

Sea lions are susceptible to many of the same diseases as humans. Sea lions have been diagnosed with pneumonia, epilepsy and various forms of cancer. Pups are immune to these diseases as long as they are nursing!

Sea Lion bronzes in Pioneer Square in Portland.

Sea Lion bronzes in Pioneer Square in Portland.

Sea Lion Fact #2:

Sea lions have a lifespan of 15 and 25 years in the wild, and over 30 years in captivity.

One of the Central Park Zoo sea lions made a cameo appearance in the Law and Order episode “Anchors Away.”

One of the Central Park Zoo sea lions made a cameo appearance in the Law and Order episode “Anchors Away.”