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USATODAY.com - Crafty sea lion confounds engineers
(AP) — A particularly crafty sea lion is befuddling the Army Corps of Engineers, who have come to believe the 1, 000-pound mammal is either from hell — or from Harvard.
The sea lion known as C404, seen here, has been showing up annually at Bonneville Dam since at least 2003.
The sea lion and his ilk have been camping out at the base of the Bonneville Dam and munching chinook salmon trying to migrate up the Columbia River to spawn.
One particular sea lion — named C404 because of a brand applied by a state and federal program — is in a class by himself.
The California sea lion and his kind aren't endangered, but a 1972 federal law protects them.
In the 1990s, for instance, a group of sea lions that nearly wiped out a winter steelhead run at the Ballard Locks in Seattle was marked for death, he said.
But after a Humane Society lawsuit and President Clinton urged clemency, the worst were packed off to Sea World in Orlando .
The chinook salmon run peaks in about September, but the sea lions head back to southern California breeding grounds around late May when the water temperature in the river rises.
To shoo the sea lions from the dam, the engineers intend to keep trying the same tactics they've used with little success so far.


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13-year-old surfer injured in sea lion attack | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
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· Speedboat driver tells of race to rescue victim Martin Hodgson and agencies in Perth and Sydney Monday April 16, 2007 The Guardian Photograph: AP A sea lion leapt out of the sea 'like a white pointer' shark and sunk its teeth into the neck of a 13-year-old girl as she was towed on a surfboard behind a speedboat in Australia, witnesses said yesterday.

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Sea Lions\' Rock - West Edmonton Mall
The entertainment is always unique and exciting at the home of our incredibly talented and crowd-loving California sea lions.
This show is a fun and energetic display of sea lion natural history.
Learn more about who the sea lions are, where they came from and what makes them unique.
Following both shows, you will have an opportunity to have your picture taken or maybe even get a kiss from our adorable and crowd-loving sea lions.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium: Online Field Guide
You often see sea lions resting quietly on the surface of the water in 'rafts' of several animals, heads and flippers poking above the water.
Groups of sea lions can be very noisy; their constant, piercing barking can be heard from a quite a distance..
Although once depleted, California sea lion populations have rebounded due to the protections afforded by the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Of the five species of sea lions worldwide, the California sea lion is the only one whose population is expanding.
Sea lions stick their flippers out of the water to regulate their body temperature.

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