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Steller sea lions move seasonally from exposed summer habitats to protected areas in winter. Some sea lions move over large distances with one having been tracked moving over 900 miles (1645km), from Kodiak to near Ketchikan. Resident Killer Whales eat predominantly fish (Salmon, Lingcod, halibut, greenling, and various small flatfish). Although they are often seen in the vicinity of other marine mammals they usually ignore them. There are only a few examples of resident pods attacking seals or porpoises. Transients Killer Whales, in contrast to Residents, feed almost exclusively on marine mammals or seabirds. The favoured prey of transients is harbour seals, sea lions, and porpoises. Very little is known about the diet of the Off Shore species, but it is believed that they prey on fish for at least part of the year, however preying on Marine Mammals is also possible. Killer whales often hunt cooperatively in pods for food. They work together to encircle and herd prey into a small area before attacking. When hunting a large whale, a pod of killer whales may attack from several angles (generally transients). The conical and interlocking teeth of killer whales are well suited for a wide variety of prey, from small schooling fish to large whales. The number of teeth varies among individuals - but there are usually 10 to 14 teeth on each side of the jaw, a total of 40 to 56 teeth. Each tooth is about 7.6 cm (3 in.) long and approximately 2.5 cm (1 in.) in diameter. Adult killer whales eat approximately 3% to 4% of their body weight in food per day, fully weaned calves can eat up to approximately 10% of their body weight during growth periods. Global warming has a direct effect on the polar bears because of the importance of the pack ice. Because they fast during the summer, they have to rely on the fat reserves they have stored up over the winter hunt - the shorter the hunt season the less chance they have of survival. They are a symbol of global warming because with the ice melting faster, their species will die out. Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus, sitting in the brown/dry tundra in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area, Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Like a bat, dolphins use echolocation to navigate and hunt, bouncing high-pitched sounds off of objects, and listening for the echoes. An excerpt from the World Wildlife Fund (2005) concerning the order Cetacea, which includes both whales and dolphins: "The greatest threat to whales, dolphins and porpoises is entanglement in fishing gear, also known as bycatch. If current trends continue unabated, several cetacean species and many populations will be lost in the next few decades". Dolphins sleep with one half of their brain plus one eye closed, then switching to the other side of the brain and the other eye closed during other parts of the day -- slowing down everything inside their bodies and moving very little.
 * Animal facts:** puppies eat 4 or 3 bouls food a day. toads eat worms, crickits and grasshoppers. In cool weather, horses will drink about 10-12 gallons per day. During hot weather they drink 20-25 gallons (or more) per day depending on the heat and humidity. rare savannah cat, regal house cat mixed with wild cat!!!! Today there are believed to be fewer than 2,500 breeding adult Tigers left in the wild, and their numbers are declining. Tigers are listed as endangered The greatest threats to Tigers are habitat loss, poaching and lack of sufficient prey. It might not be a good day for emperor penguins. That daily activity that we all do – the elimination of our solid waste – is letting the cat out of the bag on the migration patterns of Antarctica's largest birds. The Hawaiian monk seal has thrived for the past 13 million years in the oceanic waters and coral reefs of the Hawaiian Islands. Today, the Hawaiian monk seal is critically endangered and headed toward extinction. Hawaiian monk seals are the most endangered endemic marine mammal in the USA and one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world. Over the last 50 years, the Hawaiian monk seal population has declined by more than 60% and is now at its lowest level in recorded history. Fewer than 1200 Hawaiian monk seals remain in the wild. Reasons for the decline of the monk seal include: overfishing, limited food availability, entanglement in marine debris, habitat loss, shark predation, competition for food, aggressive male behavior, deaths of pups, an aging population, harmful algal blooms, and global climate change.he global range of the Steller sea lion is around the North Pacific Rim, from central California to Japan. The greates concentration is in the Gulf of Alaska and along the Aleutian Islands. Unlike the California sea lion, Stellers haul out in unpopulated areas or remain offshore.=====
 * Scientific Name: Orcinus Orca
 * Family: Dolphins
 * Class: Marine Mammal