Related materials: Panoramas;Galápagos

You may want to discuss with your students different types of mating systems, one of which is displayed in this panorama. These sea lions, like deer, zebras, and lions, have a system in which a single male (or occasionally more than one) monopolizes the mating efforts of a large number of females. In contrast, the frigatebirds (seen in another panorama) have a lek mating system, in which a number of males gather together and display to attract females, who can pick and choose among the males for a partner. How do these two mating systems differ from the perspectives of the females and the males?

Panorama Viewing: Click the "View Panorama" button to see an interactive panorama. Click and drag your mouse in any direction to view other parts of the scene; press the Shift key to zoom in to see details and press Ctrl to zoom out.
We recommend using the Deval VR viewer for seeing panoramas that do NOT have sound and the QuickTime viewer for panoramas WITH sound.