Post by mrnobuttons on Dec 30, 2009 1:05:48 GMT -5
First the Sea Cows, Now this. See below news brief on the disappearance of the Sea Lions in San Francisco. Could Maria please mention their plight in her upcoming show in SF? Doesn't she speak (conversational) Lion?
If she could just go down to Pier 39, fake order 2000 pizzas (with anchovies) on her cell, loud enough for them to hear, perhaps they might come back.
Please help....they know its dangerous near the pier, but its where they swim....
San Francisco's Famous Sea Lions Have Vanished
by The Associated Press
Last month, marine scientists counted more than 1,500 sea lions on fabled Pier 39, a record number that delighted tourists and baffled experts. Why so many? Why were they sticking around? But now, almost all of the sea lions are gone, leaving the experts guessing where they went and why.
"Most likely, they left chasing a food source," said Jeff Boehm, executive director of the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, which runs an information center and gift shop at Pier 39. "It's probably what kept them here in the first place."
On Tuesday, 10 sea lions lounged and swam and dove from the docks, spreading themselves out where the animals were stacked three and four deep just a month ago. The bulk of the herd probably followed their favorite foods, sardines and anchovies, Boehm said.
The animals began leaving in droves the day after Thanksgiving, almost as if someone had issued an order.
If she could just go down to Pier 39, fake order 2000 pizzas (with anchovies) on her cell, loud enough for them to hear, perhaps they might come back.
Please help....they know its dangerous near the pier, but its where they swim....
San Francisco's Famous Sea Lions Have Vanished
by The Associated Press
Last month, marine scientists counted more than 1,500 sea lions on fabled Pier 39, a record number that delighted tourists and baffled experts. Why so many? Why were they sticking around? But now, almost all of the sea lions are gone, leaving the experts guessing where they went and why.
"Most likely, they left chasing a food source," said Jeff Boehm, executive director of the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, which runs an information center and gift shop at Pier 39. "It's probably what kept them here in the first place."
On Tuesday, 10 sea lions lounged and swam and dove from the docks, spreading themselves out where the animals were stacked three and four deep just a month ago. The bulk of the herd probably followed their favorite foods, sardines and anchovies, Boehm said.
The animals began leaving in droves the day after Thanksgiving, almost as if someone had issued an order.