Sun, sea and sand but no women: The sea lions who live on a male-only island in the tropics... but don't seem to mind a bit
Welcome to the ultimate sea lion playground, where the sun is always warm and the 水晶 （疑いを）晴らす water looks 特に 招待するing.
Scientists are unable to explain the strange 欠如（する） of 女性（の）s, but the inhabitants who appear remarkably dog-like don't seem too unhappy.
They much about in the water in between fishing, lazing around on the white sands and taking a の近くに 利益／興味 in 訪問者s such as 野性生物 photographer Tony Wu.
Hello there: A juvenile sea lion plays in the 水晶 （疑いを）晴らす water off Carnac Island, Western Australia
He made 特に good friends with one young juvenile.
'He's one that I had been playing with for an 延長するd period of time.. it （機の）カム up and 'kissed' me several times of its own （許可，名誉などを）与える,' said Tony.
'This is a behaviour that the sea lions 展示（する） の中で themselves during play and other social interaction.
'So 基本的に - this juvenile had 受託するd me as an 名誉として与えられる sea lion, bestowing a kiss upon me to 伝える its decisi
on.'?
He won favour by jumping around in the water as if imitating a sea lion - and it worked.
Blowing 泡s: The 全住民 is male only but the younger sea lions seem very happy larking about in the 水晶 （疑いを）晴らす waters
Up の近くに and personal: The sea lion gives photographer Tony Wu a 'kiss'
'Swimming with these sea lions is like frolicking with hyperactive labrador retrievers with flippers,' he said.
'The 最初の／主要な challenge was waiting for the sea lions to enter the water - since they spend most of the time sleeping on land.
Carnac Island sits in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Perth
'Engaging them usually means swimming with them, 遂行する／発効させるing 新たな展開s, turns, flips and other stunts in the water - to 行為／法令／行動する as much like a sea lion as possible.
'I'm sure they know people are not sea lions - but when the mood strikes them, they interact with people in the water.
'They swim circles around you - 遂行する／発効させる flips together with you, leaping out of the water and 扱う／治療するing you as if you were a sea lion.'?
Once he was used to them in the water dog-lover, Tony was taken aback at how 類似の the sea lions are to his own 国内の dog.
'The first time I jumped in it was 脅迫してさせるing,' he said. 'They are large animals, and have big teeth.??
'But once you realise how friendly they are - any trepidation dissipates. It really is like playing with a bunch of puppies underwater.??
'Their 表現s, 団体／死体 language, penchant for play - all remind me of dogs. 存在 so の近くに to them feels 完全に natural.'
Sadly the loveable Australian 調印（する） lion - which is 設立する only on the west and south coasts of Australia - is 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d as an 危うくするd 全住民.
堅い life: An adult male sea lion yawns while relaxing in shallow water - the creatures spend a lot of their time sleeping on the island's white sands
法律s are in place to 保護する them, but にもかかわらず this their numbers continue to 減少（する）.
'There are so many animals around the world whose 未来s are uncertain,' said Tony.
'If we can't 安全な・保証する the 未来 of animals as loveable and affectionate as these - what hope do いっそう少なく charismatic animals have?'?
Like dogs Australian sea lions tend to live around 12 years. There number have 拒絶する／低下する 25 パーセント in the last 40 years. 現在／一般に 6,600 Australian sea lions are known to live in the wild.
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