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.
在哪里、什么时候能见到
"常驻"表示在该目的地潜水时大多数情况下都能遇见它们；"季节性"表示在所列月份内可靠出现；其他任何情况都是意外惊喜，而非计划中的保障。
| 目的地 | 可靠性 | 月份 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galápagos IslandsEcuador | Resident: seen on most dives | 全年皆宜 |
最佳月份一览
| 月份 | 可靠目的地 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
深入了解
栖息地: Beaches, rocky shores, and inshore waters throughout the Galápagos; feeds over upwelling-fed banks
分布范围: Endemic to the Galápagos Islands, with occasional wanderers reaching the mainland coast
习性: 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.
食性: Sardines and other schooling fish, squid, and small bottom fish; fortunes rise and fall with the upwellings
体型: 通常约 1.8 m; 记录深度可达 2.5 m (body length; males much heavier than females).
与它相处时的行为守则
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.
保育
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.
以此著称的已标注潜点
高亮显示的潜点由编辑团队为该物种标注；数字为1990年以来潜点约5公里范围内的GBIF出现记录数。
观看
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