Posted on 04/23/2010 3:45:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.- A California man said he awoke to sounds on his rooftop deck and investigated to find a sea lion pup flopping around atop the four-story home.
Mike Kai, 27, of Newport Beach, said he woke up Thursday at about sunrise and investigated the source of the sounds on top of his house to discover the sea lion wandering around on the rooftop deck, the Orange County Register reported Friday.
"It came off the beach, and I guess the way our stairs work, you can climb straight up to our roof deck," Kai said.
Kai called animal control and the sea lion was taken to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach.
Dean Gomersall, an animal care supervisor at the marine mammal center, told the Newport Beach Daily Pilot the sea lion weighed 32 pounds, a little underweight. He said the animal also had a small cut on its nose.
Gomersall said the animal will probably be released back into the wild in about three months.
Darling little thing.
This needs to be stopped, right away . . . by intervention, if necessary. Once a sea lion has gotten a taste of the sun, he might never stop sunning himself.
There most be a joke in there somewhere! Instead, here’s one I saw on FR recently (paraphrased).
This sea lion drops his car off at the mechanic as it is running rough. He takes a stroll along the boardwalk while he waits, watches the ocean, grabs an ice cream cone and heads back to the shop. The mechanic sees him and says “it looks like you blew a seal.”
There is a resemblance...maybe the sea lion was looking for a stage and a piano. ; )
What a cutie patootie.
Seals....Billy Joel....seals...Billy Joel.
Mmm, mmm, mmm....
Where do seals go to see the movies? At the dive-in!
Awwwww
*groan*, lol.
I was wondering about the difference between seals and sea lions. True seals don’t have ears...sea lions do.
Just want to give kudos to jellybean for that great FReepathon promo at the top of this thread.
Give it a listen everyone, and then go donate to Free Republic if you haven’t already! Let’s help keep FR alive!
He's not covered by Obummer care cause he does not have a birth certificate. How ever once immigration reform is completed he will be cleared for Medicaid, Social Sealcurity and a well paying job at Marine World!
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