SEALS AND "SEA-LIONS"
SEALS AND "SEA-LIONS" Because fur-seals do not long survive captivity, practically all the familiar "trained seals" of cireusdom are not seals at all, but sea lions of the ordinary California...
...spend only a few months on land each year— that usually on the Pribilof Islands in tlie Bering Sea, where most of the American herd of 800,000 breed each spring...
...But no one ever hears of *trained sea lions" because "seal" does better service as a crowd attractor...
...As a matter of fact, there are less than a dozen real fur-seals in captivity, although every zoo contains its quota of sea lions...
...SEALS AND "SEA-LIONS" Because fur-seals do not long survive captivity, practically all the familiar "trained seals" of cireusdom are not seals at all, but sea lions of the ordinary California variety...
...Seal...
...A glance at any "trained seal" reveals the fact that his outer covering would not grace milady's back as does the glossy skin of a true fur-seal...
Vol. 19 • May 1927 • No. 5
