Maxey Sea Lion

Maxey Sea Lion

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
Rob Maxey has told me a lot of horrible stories about sea lions: "I've had a lot of people tell me about how sea lions are so friendly so I looked on the Internet and there have been a dozen incidents in the last eight years with divers being attacked by sea lions. Diver attacked in Santa Barbara in 2014, two dogs eaten in the WesCourt, Washington in 2013, four different incidents between 2004 and 2014 in Sitka where fishermen were bitten and hauled overboard while trying to off load their catch. There has been a number of incidents like this. The latest to that we have had on the Willamette last year, I know two people who were hauled overboard while they were netting spring Chinook. April 2012 there was another one where a guy was pulled overboard. You're trying to take a fish out of the nut and a 2000 pound sea lion grabs it, he calls you overboard. You will just disappear. It's like the guy in San Diego, he was underwater for 20 seconds. It's just a matter of time before somebody gets killed.
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