
Chapter 2
Social Behaviors
of the California Sea
Lion, Bottlenose Dolphin,
and Orca Whale
Neil William Adams and Yang Xiao
Contents
2.1 CaliforniaSea Lion.......................................................... 21
2.1.1 Introduction to California Sea Lion................................. 21
2.1.2 Classificationof theCaliforniaSeaLion ............................ 21
2.1.3 SocialBehaviorsofSeaLions........................................ 22
2.1.3.1 BreedingandPerinatalPeriods ............................ 22
2.1.3.2 Interactions between California Sea Lions
andHumans ............................................... 23
2.1.3.3 Relationship between California ...