NOAA approves removal of sea lions at Bonneville Dam

bendbulliten.com ^ | 15 May 2011 | AP story

[Desdemona]

Bottom line: sea lions smell and do not care about private property or the fact that salmon need to spawn.

[smokingfrog]

They can swim.

[mylife]

Some guys I know caught a sea lion ages ago in Mexico and threw it in one of the guys Dads mans truck bed as a joke.

It crapped all over. They never could get that chipped out

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[Roccus]

Seems kind of surprising that sea lions are 146 miles inland.

That's where the fish are.

apologies to Willie Sutton

[The SISU kid]

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[ApplegateRanch]

If prepared right, pretty tasty.

After burying it on the beach for 9 months, it is almost indistinguishable from prime, rotted walrus!

I'm told it is an acquired tatse.

[Right Wing Assault]

“Oh, the hugh manatee!”

Uh, I mean, “Oh, the hugh sea lion!”

[capt. norm]

The only thing in the world that I like about great white sharks, is that they eat these stupid pinnipeds.

[capt. norm]

Bottom line: sea lions smell and do not care about private property or the fact that salmon need to spawn.

That's why I've actually started liking great white sharks.

[verity]

Every one of God’s creatures constitutes a link in the food chain.

[norton]

"But Sharon Young of the Humane Society of the United States...said Friday (that) sea lions account for only a small fraction of the salmon killed while fishermen and other causes account for a much larger share...This is not a program that is going to do much of anything to help salmon recovery,”

Ummm... more for us and the bears.

[wideminded]

They can swim.

Did you know previously that sea lions can live in fresh water?

[smokingfrog]

Did you know previously that sea lions can live in fresh water?

Honestly? No. I was just joking around.

I knew they would hang out in brackish water but didn't know they would spend that much time in fresh water.