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30 maj 2024 · This week, sea lion counters — yes, they exist — tallied 2,000 of the whiskered, blubbery creatures in the water alongside Pier 39 on the city’s northern edge.
One of the biggest dangers to sea lions today is becoming entangled in plastic pollution. A few California sea lions began “hauling out” on PIER 39’s K-Dock in October 1989. By January 1990, they started to arrive in droves and completely took over K-Dock. Learn the history of PIER 39's sea lions.
The Marine Mammal Center’s biologists believe that the sea lions have chosen to haul out at PIER 39’s K-Dock because there’s plenty of food nearby in the bay and ocean, their natural predators (white sharks and orcas) do not typically feed in the bay and there is plenty of space.
8 maj 2024 · Some 1,100 to 1,200 sea lions have been counted flopping on and around the docks at San Francisco's Pier 39 in recent days — the highest number recorded in 15 years.
30 maj 2024 · A sea of sea lions at San Francisco's Pier 39 has gotten even larger, and there is now an all-time record of more than 2,000 sea lions at the pier, smashing a 30-year-old record.
31 maj 2024 · Sea lions, on the other hand, are swimming to the city in higher numbers than ever recorded. This week, sea lion counters — yes, they exist — tallied 2,000 of the whiskered, blubbery creatures in the water alongside Pier 39 on the city’s northern edge.
4 maj 2024 · It's the most sea lions the area has seen in 15 years, according to pier officials. Over 1,000 sea lions were counted this week, Pier 39 harbormaster Sheila Chandor told multiple media...
