{"id":8537,"date":"2019-05-12T12:04:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T04:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=8537"},"modified":"2019-07-07T04:40:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T20:40:40","slug":"cyclops-the-strange-eyed-california-sea-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/cyclops-the-strange-eyed-california-sea-lion.html","title":{"rendered":"Cyclops the Strange-Eyed California Sea Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"

In December I spent a day diving the Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a> in Mexico<\/a>, home to one of the better California Sea Lion<\/a> (Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>) rookeries within a reasonable drive. The water was off-color so I did not make any beautiful images but I did encounter Cyclops the strange-eyed sea lion. This little guy (gal?) was a pup of the year, old enough to have the courage to meet divers and young enough to be playful and inquisitive. His clear white eyes, with just a hint of pale purple tint, were unlike any pinniped’s eyes I have ever seen before or since. His actions and movement through the water suggested his vision was good. I have no idea what led to his eyes being like this, but I hope they are fine and he has a long successful life since I would like to see and photograph him again. If you love sea lions as much as I do, check out my best images of California sea lions<\/a>. Cheers and thanks for looking!<\/p>\n

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California sea lion with strange eyes, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 35052<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

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California sea lion, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 35053<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

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California sea lion, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 35054<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

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California sea lion with strange eyes, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 35056<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In December I spent a day diving the Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California in Mexico, home to one of the better California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) rookeries within a reasonable drive. The water was off-color so I did not make any beautiful images but I did encounter Cyclops the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,89,192,123],"tags":[259,281,313,330],"class_list":{"0":"post-8537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-islas-coronado","8":"category-mexico","9":"category-sea-lion","10":"category-underwater-photography","11":"tag-islas-coronado","12":"tag-mexico","13":"tag-sea-lions","14":"tag-underwater"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}