Daniel Costa at Isla Lobos, Uruguay-- We got up at first light this morning and caught our first South American sea lion!!  It was quite an event with a crew of locals, some speak English and others only Spanish.  At times it was a little awkward, especially when most of the people have never caught a sea lion before!  It all went well, but these animals are big.  They are massive.  The female only weighed about 150 kg (or 330 lbs), but she seemed gigantic.  They are mellow animals and once underway things went quite well.