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Starving Sea Lions in California (Original Post) Lodestar Feb 2016 OP
You should see them at Pier 39 in SAN FRANCISCO! yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #1
Wow...thanks for the pics. Here's a RESCUE website Lodestar Feb 2016 #2
GREAT pix! gregcrawford Feb 2016 #4
They weren't there 40 years ago yuiyoshida Feb 2016 #5
They were there in the late 80's/ early 90's Pastiche423 Feb 2016 #9
Many people are not aware... gregcrawford Feb 2016 #3
So what killed off their food source? abelenkpe Feb 2016 #6
As I understand it... gregcrawford Feb 2016 #7
So important to get this story out, climate change is killing them flamingdem Feb 2016 #8

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
4. GREAT pix!
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 08:42 PM
Feb 2016

Did you take these? Very cool. Their numbers have certainly increased since I lived on the Left Coast 40 years ago.

yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts)
5. They weren't there 40 years ago
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 08:44 PM
Feb 2016

This is a recent phenomenon, guessing the increase in White Shark population has driven them to come further into the BAY.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
3. Many people are not aware...
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 08:37 PM
Feb 2016

... that the trained sea lions they see are all females. A bull sea lion is as much as 4 times the size of a full-grown female, with a commensurate attitude. When I lived in Santa Barbara years ago, I came across the carcass of a mature bull minus his head. The bites looked like an orca got to him. I've always loved these beauties.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
7. As I understand it...
Sat Feb 6, 2016, 11:48 PM
Feb 2016

... the very strong El Nino has warmed the Pacific considerably, so krill have moved farther offshore and north, and the fish that eat krill have followed them, so the sea lions have to travel farther to feed, leaving their young alone and starving until a parent can return. Bad situation. A more knowledgeable marine biologist can probably tell us more.

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