What is the difference between sea lions & seals?

Sea Lions

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Smooth whiskers
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Ear Flaps
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Long hairless front flippers & 3 toenails ONLY on the hindflippers.
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Rotate their hind flippers under their bodies, enabling them to walk or even run on land.
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Swim underwater by steering with hind flippers & powering with foreflippers like a bird.
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Sea Lion pup nursing

Seals

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Bearded or crimped whiskers

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Short, fur-covered front flippers with long claws
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On land, hind flippers held straight, the animal moving by rolling forward on their bellies like a caterpillar
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Swim underwater by steering with foreflippers & powering with hind flippers
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Seal pup nursing

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