SEA LIONS congregate in great rookeries along the south coast 

 of Peru for the whelping and breeding season during January 

 or early February. The species is unknown in northern waters, 

 being peculiar to the region cooled by the Humboldt Current. 

 The males have enormous necks and heads, shaggy manes, 

 and sharp fangs which give them a leonine appearance. They 

 even roar somewhat like lions of the veldt. A full grown male 

 Ofaria byronia may weigh 1200 pounds. 



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