The New Zealand sea lion is a species of eared seal with thick fur and a long muzzle. It lives in colonies on rocky shores of New Zealand and southern Australia.
The New Zealand sea lion is distinguished from other eared seals by its long muzzle and thick fur. It is important for nature as a hunter that helps maintain the balance of fish and squid populations in the ocean.
homogamy, reproduction always with fertilization, no alternation of generations
Whiskers count
Worker
birth time
Submerges underwater to reach prey or food at depth.
Pelagic Ocean
penguins
breeding
pursuit
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Map
will celebrate their {n} birthday
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summer mild, +15…+20 °C
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
days
Warm summer
marine pelagic
live octopuses, squids
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
summer from pleasant to very hot
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
whiskers
adult
Maturity
Refrigerator
cephalopods
About health
Warm or hot summer and rains
marine coastal
milk
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Snout color
Repro interval
results
summer warm, winter not very cold
Colors
Cool summer
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
diving
mo
Teeth color
live fish
all seas and oceans
Trophic type
Filters
Warm or hot summer
Upcoming birthdays
eggs, roe or offspring develop in a nest built on the ground or close to it
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Height
nest on the ground
rains almost always, very humid
young are born live on land, not hatched from eggs or roe
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
Age (embryo)
Wanderers
far from shore, deep water, large whales and sharks live here
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
marine coastal demersal
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
on the soil surface
Lifespan average
nest located directly on the ground surface on land, only the mother provides parental care for the offspring
in a terrestrial nest
Whiskers size
live birth
live octopuses
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
birds
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
fish
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
water is cool or warm, cold in winter, comfortable to swim in summer
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Pets
lateral line
{name} jubilee
cm
Old-timers
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turns
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
Rascals
drink mother's milk in childhood
Abyssal Ocean
Teeth size
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Fur temp
hunting in water
pelagic zone — open water far from shore and seabed
Where are they found?
all seas and oceans
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
Whiskers color
Locomotion through water employed while searching for or capturing prey.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
normal sexual
Taxons
carnivore
if born as {name}
Blubber temp
Actively chases and captures mobile prey in open space.
age
birth date
swimming
no permanent shelter
rest
Fur color
Close
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
Marine world
The basics
My weight?
demersal biotope of coastal marine waters
octopuses
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
teeth
Temperate sea
after transformation until death
Potential Habitat
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Feeding occurs in water bodies such as rivers, lakes, or oceans.
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
Gestation
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
aquatic
land
vision
{name} birthday
No results found
very deep, dark and cold, strange fish live here
live birds
On the map
lunge
all life stages
Female ♀
nest located directly on the ground surface on land
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Shelter used specifically for reproduction or nesting.
Maturity
lots of rain, summer from warm to very hot
sq mm
yr
Snout size
protection from sun
How similar?
squids
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
octopuses
Neither
from birth to adulthood
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
squids
caring mother
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Marine world
Hard dental structures used to bite, tear, or scrape food.
Flippers color
Duration
fish
eggs or offspring lie directly on the ground without cover
saline marine habitat
This is me
Always very wet
Gamers
Teeth count
How are they built?
marine
shallow near the shore, water rises and falls, crabs live here
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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coastal marine zone — shelf, neritic zone
My age?
wk
My size?
Asexual
swap
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Sensory system detecting water movements to locate prey.
inhabit and develop on land, outside water bodies
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
live squids
Littoral Zone
flippers
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
47 to 74 kilograms, 1.2 – 2.8 meters
world of Australasia
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Primarily detects and locates food using eyesight.
embryo
Length
kg
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
Observations
◉{N} more on tap