Copyright Dieter Telemans
New Zealand, Nieuw-Zeeland, Nouvelle Zelande, Zà‚Žlande, November 2005
Otago Peninsula.
A Hooker or New Zealand Sealion yawns on a beach. This is the rarest of the worlds five species of sealions and is endemic to NZ. They are making a comeback to mainland NZ after being eliminated by Maori hunting centuries before the arrival of Europeans. Wildlife tour in search of penguins, sealions and NZ Fur Seals in a private conservation area. South Pacific Ocean.
Environment, environnement, milieu, nature, natuur, leefmilieu, travel, reizen, voyage, zeeleeuw, strand, zeeleeuw, fauna, faune, plage, ocean, oceaan, lion de mer