What is this?

Hi folks! I'm not in Oregon this week, but I did take this picture there recently, and decided to schedule the post while I'm gone.

I bet you can guess what this is.

She barks and she might have a pup, but this is no dog! You are looking at "spare tires" on a Steller Sea Lion, a dwindling endangered species found on the Oregon coast, and to the north. These fun animals love to rest on a specially-made floating pier in Newport, not far from where I live. The big picture of this creature is at home on my hard drive, so you'll have to imagine the rest of her: she is like an enormous seal.