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Sea Lion Bites Surfer Amid One of the Worst Outbreaks of Domoic Acid Poisoning That California Wildlife Rescuers Can Remember
It started as a normal surf session for RJ LaMendola. He was roughly 150 yards from the beach in Southern California, riding ...
Oxnard surfer recounts confrontation with sea lion as cases of sickened animals on rise
LaMendola called CIMWI about the incident. His experience off Oxnard Friday was the first aggressive sea lion reported to the ...
‘Feral, almost demonic’: Surge in poisoned sea lions threatens SoCal beachgoers, burdens rescuers
Domoic acid poisoning is stranding marine mammals as warnings are issued to beachgoers of the threat posed by animals that ...
‘Demonic’ sea lion attacks surfer, sending him to hospital
A surfer in California was terrorized by an aggressive sea lion that bit through his wetsuit, dragged him off his board and ...
At least 140 sea lions in Southern California reported with domoic acid symptoms
Domoic acid has been affecting sea lions and other ocean mammals in Southern California. This is what we know.
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'Demonic' sea lion reports spark concerns about toxic algae on California coast
RJ LaMendola said he was surfing when he was attacked at Oxnard State Beach in Ventura County, California, by a "demonic" sea lion that bit him and dragged him off his board, he wrote on ...
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Poisoned ‘almost demonic’ sea lions could terrorize beachgoers this summer
He eventually made it out of the water and recalled looking back to see the sea lion pacing the shoreline ... the animals in Santa Barbara and Ventura County. The strange behavior is believed ...
‘Demonic’ sea lions attacking surfers off California’s coast: What’s behind the bizarre behavior
Sea lions and other marine mammals off the California coast are displaying unusual and aggressive behavior, likely linked to a harmful algal bloom, marine researchers say. One surfer off Ventura ...