Nothing prepares you for mating like a seafood buffet. Effectively, at the least should you’re a sea lion.
A large faculty of anchovy within the San Francisco Bay has lured roughly 1,700 sea lions to Pier 39 close to town’s Fisherman’s Wharf district. Not because the early Nineteen Nineties has the world seen this many sea lions, Sheila Candor, Harbormaster at Pier 39, told the Associated Press. In current many years, lower than a thousand sea lions flopped onto the pier every spring.
Pier 39 is a sea lion relaxation cease of types, a spot to replenish on anchovies and herring earlier than heading south to the Channel Islands for mating season. The pier docks use thrice the floatation assist as regular docks to assist the burden of the blubbery sea beasts.
In case you’re planning to go to this 12 months’s herd of sea lions, put together for a refrain of loud barking and frequent shows of sun-basked lounging and fin-slap bickering. And should you can’t make it to San Francisco, take pleasure in these photographs we collected.
There is not any higher time to go to our sea lions!
The ocean lion depend has been the very best its been in 7 years, surpassing a whopping 820 sea lions (and counting)! With a gentle meals provide from a big faculty of anchovy, the ocean lions are further lively! pic.twitter.com/iV5UVAoVpc
— PIER 39 (@PIER39) April 29, 2024
The ocean lion inhabitants at Pier 39 has reached its highest in 15 years, with over 1000 counted on the docks this week. Come down and expertise the sight in particular person! Do not forget to tag us in your selfies
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— Port of San Francisco (@SFPort) May 1, 2024
