National Geographic

WHERE WILDLIFE IS IN CHARGE 73A male southern sea lion, about nine feet long and 800 pounds, looms over a femaleand two pups on an island informally known as Stick-in-the-Mud. The populationdeclined in the mid-20th century when the animals were hunted and also had troubleƃQGLQJIRRGLQDSHULRGRIZDUPRFHDQWHPSHUDWXUHV1RZWKH\Å UHWKHPRVWDEXQ-dant marine mammal in southern South America, with about 7,500 in the Falklands.