Sea Lion grabs young girl
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He obviously thought she was a fish.
He even came up prior and tried to smell her.
After he tasted her dress, he turned her loose.
Let's see... Small girl in a white dress with red splotches, or a bloody halibut?
They're mostly colorblind, but white with splotches probably looks tempting. ---especially next to a fishing boat.
He even came up prior and tried to smell her.
After he tasted her dress, he turned her loose.
Let's see... Small girl in a white dress with red splotches, or a bloody halibut?
They're mostly colorblind, but white with splotches probably looks tempting. ---especially next to a fishing boat.
He didn't know till he tried. He's got a brain the size of a chihuahua's. And he's conditioned to seeing food at that location.
Look closely at her dress. If I'm a sea lion, I'm thinking could be a halibut. I'll give it a shot.
Btw that's not my fish. I caught the picture on the Internet.
Best damn fish in the ocean right there. Makes me hungry just looking at it.He didn't know till he tried. He's got a brain the size of a chihuahua's. And he's conditioned to seeing food at that location.
Look closely at her dress. If I'm a sea lion, I'm thinking could be a halibut. I'll give it a shot.
Btw that's not my fish. I caught the picture on the Internet.
What were we talking about again?
I noticed the Good Samaritan didn't ask if she needed or wanted help. He didn't contact the harbor master. He just helped. Quickly. Instantly. And not one word of thanks from mom.
He was a family member.I noticed the Good Samaritan didn't ask if she needed or wanted help. He didn't contact the harbor master. He just helped. Quickly. Instantly. And not one word of thanks from mom.
And yes, instinct, outstanding reaction. No analysis. Just do it. Now.
Love him.
It's very poor judgement on the part of adults/parents to encourage kids to "play" with wild animals or to remain that close to them. You see this often in the wild parks, such as Yellowstone. A wild animal, as a rule, is potentially very dangerous to anything smaller than it. This kind of questionable behavior is somehow normalized by "petting" animal parks where the kids are encouraged to touch the animals up close and personal, etc. The young ones probably do not see a difference. "The animals are my friends", so do not keep their distance, etc. They may also get this from Disney and similar-type films depicting forest and sea animals as our playmates and confidants, etc. The "adult" in that crowd should minimally have had a grip on that little girl. Furthermore, it's ILLEGAL in California for her even to be on that dock w/o a PFD on.
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One probably does not get sued for a successful outcome where there are no "damages." If there ensued a "tug of war" between the rescuer and the sea lion, and the little girl drown or was bitten badly then.....who gets the bill? Some lawyer claiming Vulcan mind-meld capability might convince a jury that more actual harm was caused by the rescuer than the animal, who just loves little girls, and was just about to put her back on the dock unharmed.I noticed the Good Samaritan didn't ask if she needed or wanted help. He didn't contact the harbor master. He just helped. Quickly. Instantly. And not one word of thanks from mom.
I've never heard of that.
It might be recommended, and a good recommendation at that for kids, but I'm fairly certain it's not illegal.
A few years back, while in Yellowstone, we witnessed a man approach a full grown elk to get a picture. The elk had no way out except to charge right at this guy. Luckily for him the elk was content to just lie where he was. Coulda been another Darwin Award recipient. There not called "wild" animals for nothing, people!
Life Jackets & Teens
While it may be tough to get teens to wear their life jackets, it's the law in many states and becoming more common as states raise the age requirement for mandatory wear. In Georgia, any boater under 13 years of age is now required to wear a life jacket while under way, putting the Georgia state law in line with U.S. Coast Guard recommendations. Virginia and Wisconsin are the only states that don't require children to be in life jackets while under way. Virginia introduced a bill requiring life jacket wear for children, and California looked at requiring children under 12 to wear life jackets on docks, but neither measure passed.
I thought it did pass.
http://www.boatus.com/magazine/2013/december/new-boating-laws-of-2013.asp