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Lithuanian Sea Museum
Smiltynes str. 3, Klaipeda
Tel.: +370 46 490754, 490740
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Dolphinarium | Marine fauna | Sea birds | Sea mammals | The history of navigation | Aquarium-Sea Museum | Veteran vassels | Fishermans farmstead | Museum activities
| Exposition of sea mammals |
Baltic Grey seals |
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We can admire sea mammals even before we get into the
fortress courtyard. From the bridge, which leads into the Museum, you can
see grey Baltic seals (Halichoerus grypus) swimming in the defensive moat.
Other seals live in an open pool containing 450 m3 of seawater. This pool
has been erected in the fortress courtyard. The first seals had been
brought to the Sea Museum from the Gulf of Riga before the Museum was
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Now these animals are 12-19 years old. They give birth to one or two baby seals
every year. The seals are fed on herring and sprat, each of the animals eats up
about 10 kg of fish a day. Ringed seals (Phoca hispida) are diving in another
pool containing 220 m3 of water. These animals live in the Baltic Sea as well.
Their age is about 8 years. They are fed on sprat and Baltic herring. These
animals eat up 5 kg of fish a day each.
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Bocmanas, a Steller's Sea lion |
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The biggest resident of the Lithuanian Sea Museum is a
Steller's Sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) nicknamed Bocmanas (Boatswain) who
is 21 years old and weighs about 1000 kg. He has a separate 450 m3 pool.
There are also two other younger Steller's Sea lions (9 years of age) that
take part in open-air performances in summer. The Steller's Sea lions are
given quite a varied food: jack mackerel, herring, Baltic sprat etc. Their
daily ration is about 30 kg of fish. |
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