The mystery of the missing sea lions at San Francisco’s Pier 39 may have been solved. One of the most popular tourist spots in the city, the sea lions abdicated their throne over the past month, leaving only a dozen or so of their population behind and a city wondering what happened.
Marine experts now believe that the Pier 39 sea lions have gone to Oregon. A couple thousand California sea lions showed up off the coast of Oregon with their typical bark that separates them from the growling Stellar sea lions that usually live in Oregon.
Dan Harkins is the Sea Lion Caves general manager. He says: "We're seeing the sea lions coming up this way from California because of the feeding. If the cold water fish move north to find colder waters, the sea lions have to eat and they follow the fish wherever they go.”
Which begs the question: will they return in the spring?
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San Francisco Pier 39 sea lions disappear (video)
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Comments
I saw them in Oregon fornicating and copulating. I tried to communicate with them and was told that they'll be back in summer.
Clearly they could no longer afford the rent in San Francisco.
move up north young woman
Shoot those invaders. We don't want them back
This is where they went dad.
all gay people finally scared them away
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