Right now, I am trying to get someone to come get an injured raven. I think I could die when animals get hurt. (

favorite song by them is So Far Away.

...is that! Animals absolutely know when they have been helped.

I bet she will!

Before long, they will move-in the Family.....

Yeah.... well don't try it with a copperhead....

SOME Animals absolutely know when they have been helped.

Thanks for posting.

What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for posting. That is emotional depth.

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See? Some guys dig scars.

Thank you for sharing it. I needed the smile.

I'M IN LOVE!!!!

Would love to read more about this.

What a cool story! Much squee!

Here's the link.

https://www.facebook.com/Shockied/photos/a.483981621724949.1073741828.483968671726244/593942967395480/?type=1&theater

This was so cute that my wife insisted that I share this with my friends on DU.

They had some other cute stuff on there, too!

...but without a link to a legitimate source, I wouldn't rule out photoshop.

But these days, what constitutes a legitimate source?

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/03/sea-lion-recovers-at-poolside-next-to-former-real-world-star/

I would love to meet her! K&R

and how many times she had to return before the management allowed her to remain?

I know ... that's a cold eye ... But I find rarely do human/wild life interactions end well for the wild life.

so that they can't hunt or escape predation. This sea lion may be in that category.

for many years in the future

The pup will suffer.

I hope the hotel has a plan to deal with this for the foreseeable future. It's cute now but when she's taught pups number 3 and 4 the same trick and the hotel has five or more sea lions on the chairs (with the attendant animal waste on patio), it may get not-so-cute pretty fast.

It COULD be okay if the hotel has thought this out.

But the more typical end to these things isn't pretty, you're right.

hotel accounts and do some internet shopping for the best places that take sea lions then pass the discounts on to her pups.

I thought they actually LIKED sleeping on rocks!

Amazing!

What an adorable story!

Awesome!

and the sea lion is adorable too.

but I wonder if they are feeding her and that is why she keeps coming back.