In Puerto Baquerizo Moreno the Galapagos sea lions rule. They own this town and would take it over if they would not have put up fences everywhere. Still any flat surface around the harbour is occupied by the lazy beasts. They sleep on each of the stairs to the water, they block the way to the water taxi, they have taken over the swimming platforms, they lounge on boats, they hang out on the park benches and they had to close the local beach as it was taken over by the lions. A mother even gave birth to a little baby between the parked cars on the pier. Some moored speedboats put barb wire fences around their hull to keep them away.
They surf with the surfers and swim with the turtles. They fight,nurse their babies and mate. Apparently there are two ways for a male sea lion to have sex: fight to become the beach master and inherit a harem of women from his predecessor or keep a very very low profile and do it with the harem when the beach master isn't looking...
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