Marine Mammals
Galápagos Sea Lion
Zalophus wollebaeki · Marine mammal, family Otariidae
The Galápagos sea lion is the archipelago's official greeter, hauled across every beach and bench from the airport dock onward, and underwater it is the islands' resident circus. Snorkel any sheltered cove and pups arrive within minutes to loop, mouth fins, and mirror your clumsiest maneuvers with insulting ease; on scuba they strafe safety stops and pose for domes. It is also an Endangered endemic living on a knife-edge of ocean productivity (El Niño years starve colonies wholesale), so the comedy comes with stakes. No other animal so completely sets the tone of diving here: unafraid, curious, and convinced the ocean is mostly for fun.
어디서 언제 볼 수 있나
"상주종"은 해당 목적지에서 대부분의 다이빙 시 만날 수 있다는 뜻이고, "계절종"은 표기된 달에 안정적으로 출현한다는 뜻입니다. 그 외의 생물은 계획이 아닌 보너스로 여기세요.
| 목적지 | 신뢰도 | 월 | 참고 사항 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galápagos IslandsEcuador | Resident: seen on most dives | 연중 가능 |
한눈에 보는 최적의 달
| 월 | 믿을 수 있는 다이빙 명소 |
|---|---|
| January | Galápagos Islands |
| February | Galápagos Islands |
| March | Galápagos Islands |
| April | Galápagos Islands |
| May | Galápagos Islands |
| June | Galápagos Islands |
| July | Galápagos Islands |
| August | Galápagos Islands |
| September | Galápagos Islands |
| October | Galápagos Islands |
| November | Galápagos Islands |
| December | Galápagos Islands |
이해하기
서식지: Beaches, rocky shores, and inshore waters throughout the Galápagos; feeds over upwelling-fed banks
범위: Endemic to the Galápagos Islands, with occasional wanderers reaching the mainland coast
행동 특성: Every bit as playful as its Californian ancestor-species, with the added surrealism of the setting: pups porpoise through snorkel groups, blow bubbles in masks, and yank fins while marine iguanas graze below. Colonies drape across town benches and dinghy docks with total indifference to people.
먹이: Sardines and other schooling fish, squid, and small bottom fish; fortunes rise and fall with the upwellings
크기: 보통 1.8 m; 최대 기록 수심 2.5 m (body length; males much heavier than females).
이 생물 주변에서의 행동 요령
Galápagos National Park rules: two meters minimum on land, no touching in water even when pups initiate, no flash at close range, and always yield to a patrolling bull.
보존
Endangered: an endemic population of modest size whose numbers swing hard with El Niño events, compounded by disease risk from introduced animals and fishery interactions.
관련 다이브 사이트 목록
강조 표시된 사이트는 편집팀이 해당 종에 대해 직접 등록한 곳이며, 숫자는 1990년 이후 사이트 기준 약 5km 이내에서 기록된 GBIF 출현 건수입니다.
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