Accidentally lost some of my notes for some of the days in the Galapagos, so will post those later. Day 8 in the Galapagos was an early wakeup call, and a dinghy ride over to a sea lion beach. Several harems of sea lions, probably up to a couple dozen in all up and down the beach, of various ages... Breeding females, alpha males, juveniles, and a few babies. Some were out in the surf catching breakfast, but early as it was, most were still resting on the beach. Saw a few young ones breastfeeding. The mother's didn't seem very keen on it, groaning and rolling over a lot, with the babies squealing and protesting. Bad mommies! Again, it was difficult to keep the proscribed distance, (1.5 m for sea lions)... If a sea lion charges
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