Harbor seals and sea lions are easy to distinguish. The less common sea lion weighs several hundred pounds and has a prominent flipper, permitting manual dexterity. Performing "seals" at water shows are always actually sea lions. Sea lions generally prefer to congregate on offshore rocks, like to play, and have a bark quite like a dog's. Harbor seals weigh about a hundred pounds and don't have a large flipper. Hence they can only waddle when out of the water. They generally prefer to snooze on sandy beaches.
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