tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19429730.post4705346405578652696..comments2023-07-06T19:51:29.939+08:00Comments on Ethereal Eclectic : An Aquarial EveningJed Carosaarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775889983099808362noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19429730.post-874419539529208242007-12-11T13:06:00.000+08:002007-12-11T13:06:00.000+08:00Wow, those were beautiful photos of the water. I a...Wow, those were beautiful photos of the water. I am so glad you got the video camera. Your reviews are wonderful and erudite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19429730.post-80581625157942458532007-10-05T15:23:00.000+08:002007-10-05T15:23:00.000+08:00I get confused on that. My Sea Mammals of the Wor...I get confused on that. My <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/SEA-MAMMALS-WORLD-B-STONEHOUSE/dp/B000S73GZ6/ref=sr_1_2/103-6021276-1970234?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191568440&sr=8-2" REL="nofollow">Sea Mammals of the World</A> says that "Sea lions are generally larger and more heavily bilt than fur seals. Their fur is single-layered, lacking the velvety underpile that gives fur-seal plets their commercial value...[fur seals] are distinguised by their more sharply pointed noses and dense velvety underfur, part-hidden in the living animal by course outer guared hairs. On the fore-flippers the thumb is shorter than the second digit...Sea lions have the first digit of te fore-flipper longer than the inner. Their fur is course, without a dense silky underfur. Where sea lions and fur seals share an environment (as they often do), sea lions usually select open beaches sheltered from heavy surf. They tend to breed slightly later than neighbouring fur seals, and feed closer inshore."<BR/><BR/>Basically we're dealing with small differences, other than size. Subfamily Arctocephalinae vs. Subfamily Otariinae.<BR/><BR/>What I know of the Giant Otter I learned from <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Otter" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia</A>, and then had a discussion with others at the aquarium who were familiar with it. It's <I>Pteronura brasiliensis</I>. It doesn't seem to have any range in Central America.Jed Carosaarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775889983099808362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19429730.post-77802405981431707562007-10-05T10:05:00.000+08:002007-10-05T10:05:00.000+08:00Whats the difference between a sea lion and a fur ...Whats the difference between a sea lion and a fur seal?<BR/><BR/>What is the name of the south American otter/weasel you mentioned? A tyra? I had one of those stare me down on a quiet path in Costa RicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com