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A couple of facts :D

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Seals can mimic humans, you've heard of Crows and Parrots mimicing human speech but Seals can to, one Harbor seal named Hoover was able to mimic his owners voice and could say stuff like "Get over here!" " Which was similar to what their leader would say for them to get out of the water.

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The next five chapters focus more specifically on Galápagos creatures: huge tortoises; iguanas; birds (two chapters–one on seabirds and coastal birds, another on land birds, including the famous finches); water creatures–sea lions, crabs, fish, sea turtles, whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

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California’s Autumn Seas

10,000 Birds

The gulls that spent months attacking any human on the place are content to loaf around and ignore you. California Sea Lions porpoised through the clear water. The almost overpowering intensity of the summer breeding season was over, the island feels completely different, more relaxing and much less dangerous.

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