Although many know seals and sea lions more as great circus performers, in their natural state in the wild – that is when they haven’t been conned by great dollops of fish in captivity into jumping through flaming hoops, waving their flippers, and shading their eyes in shame – these marine mammals range over much of the globe’s oceans, with a particular fondness for the Antarctic.

According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), seals and sea lions are “second cousins,” composing together with walruses the three families of pinnipeds (fin-footed in Latin).

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Source : HuffingtonPost.Com