Movie 1

Lo the California sea lion completing each of the three discrimination tasks. Texture Discrimination Task: During the texture task, Lo made lateral, sweeping movements with her head and whiskers; Size Discrimination Task: During the size discrimination task Lo moved her nose and whiskers to the edges of a shape to judge its width; Brightness Discrimination Task: During the visual brightness task, head and whisker movements were greatly reduced and Lo usually went straight to the target stimulus using visual guidance.

Journal of Experimental Biology ; doi: 10.1242/jeb.243085