sea lion
A pinniped of most genera in the family (the eared seals).
Seen in the wild
pls let me know if the baseballers start doing the sea lion thing, you’ll be able to tell because they’ll be awkwardly humping the outfield
In Punta Norte, orcas exhibit a deadly hunting technique, leaving sea lion pups in a frantic fight for survival. Watch as the young learn the harsh realities of nature.
I'm not doing the sea lion thing with you again
I hate that stupid sea lion comic because it's effectively convinced everyone they can be as much of a dick to someone as they want and that person isn't allowed to defend themselves or even ask what they did wrong
so how often do you get the sea lion comic in your replies? because it clearly isn't enough
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A pinniped of most genera in the family (the eared seals).
“I'm not doing the sea lion thing with you again”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I hate that stupid sea lion comic because it's effectively convinced everyone they can be as much of a dick to someone as they want and that person isn't allowed to defend themselves or even ask what they did wrong”
— Bluesky· May 2026“so how often do you get the sea lion comic in your replies? because it clearly isn't enough”
— Bluesky· May 2026“No its not and you're not a serious person if youre willing to try snd lie that it is. Sea lion to someone else.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“me (the chill elephant seal) vs. the average oomf (the startled and wary California sea lion)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, slang, historical) A steamer transporting cattle from the ports of Texas.
When people ask me what the circus is really like behind the scenes, I tell them about runaway gypsy wagons, vanished acrobats, desperate ringmasters and recalcitrant sea lions to name a few.
“Just seen a very large seal or a sea lion swimming upstream at Hammersmith Bridge - is this common? No photo - I couldn’t get my phone in to camera mode before it dived. As far as I could tell, it had external ears, so I think it was a sea lion.”
— r/AskUK· May 2026
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(heraldiccharge) A monster consisting of the upper part of a lion combined with the tail of a fish (a lion marined).
Sea lion pups are born with baby teeth, but most of these are replaced with permanent adult teeth by the time the pup is four months old. An adult sea lion has a total of 34 to 36 teeth, with 10 incisors in the front (six in the upper ja…
“pls let me know if the baseballers start doing the sea lion thing, you’ll be able to tell because they’ll be awkwardly humping the outfield”
— Bluesky· May 2026“In Punta Norte, orcas exhibit a deadly hunting technique, leaving sea lion pups in a frantic fight for survival. Watch as the young learn the harsh realities of nature.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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