DISCOVERY 1969 “THE REMARKABLE WORLD OF SEALS AND SEA LIONS” ABC MARINE WORLD VALLEJO XD308224

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website An elephant seal howls at the sky (0:09). California sea lions frolic in a pool at ABC’s Marine World near San Francisco (0:22). This episode of Discovery ’69 takes a look at: “The Remarkable World of Seals and Sea Lions” (0:36). Discovery ’69 is an award-winning program for young people produced by ABC News, hosted by Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson. They discuss the differences between seals and sea lions (1:26), accompanied by footage showing their ears, flippers, and mobility on land. The sea lions bounce around quickly and easily across the rocks (2:14). In contrast, the seal drags itself slowly and laboriously (2:43). They are in the Pinnipedia clade, which means, “fin-footed.” Cut to underwater footage of seals and sea lions diving (4:29). They can dive as far as 1500 feet down. Sunny Allen feeds fish to Pedro, a large elephant seal (5:51). Pedro watches Sunny