A sea lion sickened by toxic algae attacked a teenage girl in Long Beach, California, on Sunday, the latest episode of erratic behavior from affected animals.
A sea lion sickened by toxic algae attacked a teenage girl in Long Beach, California, on Sunday, the latest episode of erratic behavior from affected animals.
When 15-year-old Phoebe Beltran felt teeth sink into her arm, she initially thought she was being attacked by a shark, the Los Angeles Times reported, before seeing a sea lion poke its head above the water. Beltran was taken to the emergency room with minor injuries.
The attack comes on the heels of an incident last month in Oxnard, California, when a poisoned sea lion bit a surfer. The surfer, RJ LaMendola, described the animal as “feral, almost demonic, devoid of the curiosity or playfulness I’d always associated with sea lions.”
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A Southern California sea lion poisoned by toxic algae. (Photo Credit: Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute)
