Just saw the report this morning (happened last Sunday on our island Hwy 4):
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"An absurdly lost California sea lion startled commuters on Vancouver Island Sunday before eventually slipping away into the waters of a nearby lake.
The roughly 350-pound adult male spent several hours lolling on the tarmac of Hwy. 4, the Pacific Rim link between Ucluelet and Tofino and the rest of Vancouver Island.
Paul Cottrell, a marine mammal rescue coordinator with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, said the sea lion was first reported around 6 a.m. Sunday and spent several hours on the highway, but waddled back into Kennedy Lake before a rescue team could arrive to transport it to the ocean."
Yes, we do have lots of sea lions everywhere on our island. But most times they stay in the water and near the seashore, it's very rare one would do a highway walk. Guess this one must have done some deep thinking and realized the purpose of the highway, so he decided to share it.
Just saw the report this morning (happened last Sunday on our island Hwy 4):
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"An absurdly lost California sea lion startled commuters on Vancouver Island Sunday before eventually slipping away into the waters of a nearby lake.
The roughly 350-pound adult male spent several hours lolling on the tarmac of Hwy. 4, the Pacific Rim link between Ucluelet and Tofino and the rest of Vancouver Island.
Paul Cottrell, a marine mammal rescue coordinator with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, said the sea lion was first reported around 6 a.m. Sunday and spent several hours on the highway, but waddled back into Kennedy Lake before a rescue team could arrive to transport it to the ocean."
https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/local-news/lost-sea-lion-stuns-commuters-as-it-waddled-along-vancouver-island-highway-7740561
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Yes, we do have lots of sea lions everywhere on our island. But most times they stay in the water and near the seashore, it's very rare one would do a highway walk. Guess this one must have done some deep thinking and realized the purpose of the highway, so he decided to share it.
Way to go buddy, whatever your name is!
