Balancing Act

[sparda79]

Does anybody know what's the difference between a sea lion and a seal? I have no idea which one is which and how to tell them a part.

These were taken at the zoo:-

Can all of them do this or just the trained one?


He's going for the fish.


And the fans goes wild....



Sparda
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[Steves Shots]

Nice captures Sparda, all very clear and detailed very well done, it is amazing how they can balance the ball on thier nose, looks like a great place to visit, thanks for sharing, cheers Steve

[Jim Bryant]

That's a seal............sea lions are bigger and uglier

[kgb224]

Superb capture.
He knows how to balance a ball.
Thank You for sharing a wonderful series.

[Tenzin'sMom]

Looks like you had a fun day, Sparda. I've felt like my life is a balancing act recently, so I'm grateful I don't have to try to keep a ball on my nose along with everything else! These gave me a smile -- thanks!

[pjflan7]

It's trained on that fish too! Nothing else matters when fish is in the water

[sparda79]

Originally Posted by Steves Shots

Nice captures Sparda, all very clear and detailed very well done, it is amazing how they can balance the ball on thier nose, looks like a great place to visit, thanks for sharing, cheers Steve

Thanks Steve. We've seen a lot of trained seal balance a ball on their nose. I wonder what makes it easy to train them doing that. I'm sure they do not balance anything in the wild, do they?

Originally Posted by Jim Bryant

That's a seal............sea lions are bigger and uglier

LOL Thanks Jim. When you said bigger and uglier, walrus came to mind.

Originally Posted by kgb224

Superb capture.
He knows how to balance a ball.
Thank You for sharing a wonderful series.

Thanks for the nice comments Christo.

Sparda
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[sparda79]

Originally Posted by Tenzin'sMom

Looks like you had a fun day, Sparda. I've felt like my life is a balancing act recently, so I'm grateful I don't have to try to keep a ball on my nose along with everything else! These gave me a smile -- thanks!

Thanks Helen...

Originally Posted by pjflan7

It's trained on that fish too! Nothing else matters when fish is in the water

Yes, I can see that... The 2nd one is a shot of him chasing after a fish thrown by the trainer in the pool.

Sparda
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