Posted on 12/16/2017 1:03:18 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
SAN FRANCISCO -- Two unusual sea lion attacks in a San Francisco Bay cove led authorities to close the popular area to swimmers Friday as officials try to determine the reason for the aggressive behavior. The aggressive behavior is so unusual for sea lions that officials think the same animal attacked both swimmers, a park spokesman said.
A sea lion bit a man in the groin area Friday as he swam in the waters off San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, park spokesman Lynn Cullivan said. It was "a very serious bite," and the man was taken to a hospital, he said.
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Huge sea lion pulls girl into water
https://youtu.be/pMDtibc13fc
“We have been successful at restoring and improving the population status of protected marine mammals,” Brandon Chasco, an Oregon State University Ph.D. candidate and lead author of the study said in a statement. “But now we have the potential for protected seals and sea lions to be competing with protected killer whales, and all of which consume protected chinook salmon.”
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/11/study_seal_and_sea_lions_stron.html
Sea lions chilling out on city beaches
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/sea-lions-chilling-out-city-beaches
A sea lion was captured waddling around San Diego
http://people.com/pets/sea-lion-wandering-streets-san-diego/
Feller with a PhD did a study to figure out that sea lions eat salmon. Brilliant! All he had to do is go watch the mouth of any of the rivers when the salmon are coming in. On redwood creek on northern California hundreds of sea lions lay on the beach taking turns ripping the bellies out of the fish when they come in.
Oregon officials warn sea lion disease outbreak could spread to dogs
There is a small risk of transmission to people
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2017/10/26/oregon-officials-warn-sea-lion-disease-outbreak-could-spread-dogs/803920001/
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