I know this is a long-shot but it would be very much appreciated if someone could help me out, seeing as many members here have a much better eye for species differences than I do.
I visited Sydney Aquarium in September 2007. This was before they made the internal transfer with Sea World Gold Coast (far as I know they belong to the same owner) which saw the two Dugongs going to Sydney and the Pinnipeds to the Gold Coast. At the time, they had three Fur Seal species mixed with Australian Sea Lions in a large central pool with underwater view:
Australian Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus)
New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
Sub-Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis)
I'm making a detailed list of all species and subspecies that I have photos of. Not all those I've seen (would be a hard task) just those that I have photos of and Sydney Aquarium's Fur Seals provide me with some difficulty as they were housed together and look very much the same. Not helping is that I took my photos during an evening visit, when the lights had been damped.
The links to my photos on Zoochat are below:
http://www.zoochat.com/52/sydney-aquarium-2007-indoor-mixed-pinniped-136598/
http://www.zoochat.com/52/sydney-aquarium-2007-sea-lion-fur-136612/
http://www.zoochat.com/52/sydney-aquarium-2007-fur-seals-splashing-136608/
http://www.zoochat.com/52/sydney-aquarium-2007-australian-sea-lion-136613/
I would really appreciate if you could help me idendifying the pinnipeds on my photos; in particular if you somehow manage to spot a Sub-antarctic seal as it would be the only photos I have of this species; Taronga Zoo had the other two species and I have photos of them from there.
I visited Sydney Aquarium in September 2007. This was before they made the internal transfer with Sea World Gold Coast (far as I know they belong to the same owner) which saw the two Dugongs going to Sydney and the Pinnipeds to the Gold Coast. At the time, they had three Fur Seal species mixed with Australian Sea Lions in a large central pool with underwater view:
Australian Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus)
New Zealand Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)
Sub-Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis)
I'm making a detailed list of all species and subspecies that I have photos of. Not all those I've seen (would be a hard task) just those that I have photos of and Sydney Aquarium's Fur Seals provide me with some difficulty as they were housed together and look very much the same. Not helping is that I took my photos during an evening visit, when the lights had been damped.
The links to my photos on Zoochat are below:
http://www.zoochat.com/52/sydney-aquarium-2007-indoor-mixed-pinniped-136598/
http://www.zoochat.com/52/sydney-aquarium-2007-sea-lion-fur-136612/
http://www.zoochat.com/52/sydney-aquarium-2007-fur-seals-splashing-136608/
http://www.zoochat.com/52/sydney-aquarium-2007-australian-sea-lion-136613/
I would really appreciate if you could help me idendifying the pinnipeds on my photos; in particular if you somehow manage to spot a Sub-antarctic seal as it would be the only photos I have of this species; Taronga Zoo had the other two species and I have photos of them from there.