Monterey’s San Carlos seaside is closed attributable to an inflow of guests. Not human guests, although. They’re sea lions—like, 1,000 of them. The Metropolis of Monterey shared a video exhibiting lots of sea lions on the seaside and offering some info for locals and guests alike.
The video’s narrator factors out that Monterey’s seashores are a resting level for California sea lions as they make their method from breeding grounds in southern California as much as northern California. Monterey Bay is filled with sea-lion meals (fish), making the realm an ideal place for the ocean lions to haul out on land and take a relaxation earlier than persevering with on their journey.
The Metropolis of Monterey’s video factors out that though this pure phenomenon occurs yearly, the ocean lions normally select a distinct seaside in a distinct a part of city. Addressing locals who’re asking when San Carlos seaside will reopen, the narrator sarcastically “asks the ocean lions” for remark.
In different phrases, the people are going to attend for the ocean lions to maneuver on earlier than the seaside reopens, and nobody however the sea lions know when that will likely be.
See a sea-lion seaside takeover right here:
Have you ever ever seen a sea lion colony hauled out on land like this?
Header picture courtesy of Reddit consumer JimmyInNSB on r/MontereyBay subreddit.
