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NW
word
Old French, it is fi rst recorded
around 1175.
Sea lion: Prior to taking
into account eared seals
around 1690, the term
appeared in fables and
heraldry as a mythical beast
with a fi sh’s tail and a lion’s
head around the 1660s.
First known use was in 1601
and referred to a kind of
lobster or crab. It is thought
the name arrived to various
species of the eared seal due
to their loud, throaty bark,
though in some species the
males do have a lionlike
mane.
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By RYAN HUME
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Photos by Jeff Ter Har
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Above: Elk get ready for a swim in the Necanicum estuary.
Top left: This elk with one antler has an eye on the camera.
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visit the G old en W ha le
noun
1. Any marine mammals
of the furred family Otari-
idae defined by their long
front flippers, external ear
flaps and the ability to walk
on all fours. The Steller
is the largest of 13 living
species. Partial to island
living, sea lions give birth
on land and are infamous in
the lower Columbia basin
for having a taste for smelt
and salmon
Origin:
Sea: Developed from the
Old English VϾ as a cognate
with the Old Frisian to arrive
at see, then sea, before 1200.
Lion: The form lēo, as
taken directly from the Latin,
forms the root of all German-
ic variations; as lēon, later
lyon as borrowed from the
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“The number of sea-lion at Tillamook
rock is immense, and they would not stir a
peg. One of the mariners from the Corwin
took off his shoe and hit an old follow over
the head to make him scamper, but the
monster (as large as an ox), only winked at
his assailant.”
— The Daily Astorian, June 28, 1879, p. 2
“An aerial survey of marine mammals
in the lower Columbia River found spring
Chinook salmon will have to make it past
more than 6,000 hungry harbor seals, 1,500
California sea lions and 100 Steller sea lions.”
—Associated Press, “Study fi nds 7,500 ma-
rine mammals in lower Columbia River,” The Daily
Astorian, Feb. 28, 2015
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