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This weekend I drove down to Newport, OR and got to see some Christmas sea lions, among other things. What most people don’t realize is that Christmas sea lions are just like regular sea lions, except it’s Christmastime.

As near as I can tell, these particular sea lions were Steller Sea Lions, Eumetopias jubatus. Also they were HUGE. All or most of the ones we saw were males. I wanted to hug one, but that would have been fool-hearty. When I was a child, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I would see real sea lions in the wild! I am so happy, etc!

We also went to a little thing called Undersea Gardens which had the standard compliment of Pacific Northwest marine fauna, except this place had a narrated diver show, in which the diver harassed various creatures. The coolest part was the Giant Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini:

Stumble it!

Posted on Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 in Category Funs. Please comment, ok?