[CINC] Steller Sea Lion(s) at Ventura

[Sabine Faulhaber]

Thank you for standing up for the German scientists, Lee, I hate it when
people butcher my name too - and his name is nowhere near as complicated as
mine...

Sabine

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Lee Fleischer <captlee48 at aol.com> wrote:

> Since we have been noting at least one of the species *Eumetopias jubatus
> *now commonly called 'northern sea lion' in the Ventura area; I'd thought
> I'd point out that Georg Wilhiem Steller would probably appreciate
> (albeit from the grave) having his name spelled correctly when we observe
> the largest of the sea lions originally described by the German botanist in
> 1741 when he sailed with the Russian explorer Vitus Bering to what we now
> know as Alaska.
>
>  So let's make it Steller; no 'a'.
>
>  Thanks!
>
>  Lee Fleischer
> captlee48 at aol.com
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