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Who's got the biggest?

Male sea lions competing for the biggest set of whiskers.

 

Judging from the battle scars on their chests the 'other' competition had already been sorted out.

 

We ventured on a trip out to a privately owned island (Estancia Harberton) in the Beagle Channel to see some penguin colonies. When we got there we were extremely lucky to find a sea lion colony there also. Apparently it was quite rare for them to be there. There were over a hundred of them and many of them took to the water and swam out to our boat to see what was going on.

Very inquisitive animals.

I was intrigued by there stumpy little tails, something I'd never noticed about sea lions before.

 

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Uploaded on August 24, 2023
Taken on March 11, 2023