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 With her pup nestled close, a Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubata) barks, takin g exception to another sea lions invasion of her space. These animals are con stantly fighting over territory. Lowrie is a small island on the north end of F orrester Island National Wildlife Refuge,it serves as the rookery of the worlds largest concentration of these mammals. About 5,000 gather here at the height of the breeding/pupping season in late June and early July. Biologists puzzle over th e fact that the species is faring so badly in relatively wild Alaska. Slow starvation may be the answer, since its principal food, pollock, has become increasingly popul ar with human competitors. |
 Nose-to-nose, two Steller sea lion cows (Eumetopias jubata) have a vociferous a rgument about who invaded whose territory. These animals are always yelling at each other! Lowrie is a small island on the north end of Forrester National Wi ldlife Refuge, it serves as the rookery of the worlds largest concentration of these mammals. About 5,000 gather here at the height of the breeding/pupping season in late June and early July. Biologists puzzle over the fact that the species is faring so badl y in relatively wild Alaska. Slow starvation may be the answer, since its principal food, pollock, has become increasingly popular with human competitor s. |
 Two Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubata), the larger one a bull, bark in what is probably an argument over territory. Lowrie is a small island on the north end of Forrester Island National Wildlife Refuge, it serves as the rookery of t he worlds largest concentration of these mammals. About 5,000 gather here at the height of the breeding/pupping season in late June and early July. Biologists puzzle over the fact that the species is faring so badly in relatively wild Alaska. S low starv ation may be the answer, since its principal food, pollock, has become increasi ngly popular with human competitors. |
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