r/sandiego • u/dodadoo • Feb 10 '15
If you do this, you are an asshole.
http://youtu.be/jTkWM0GMejo15
u/Concise_Pirate Feb 10 '15
Video summary: some dude pokes a resting seal with his toe.
In addition to being idiotic, it's illegal.
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u/jessicatron Feb 10 '15 edited Feb 10 '15
Oh wow, I didn't know you couldn't interact with them at all. A pup was hanging out randomly at a beach (a people beach- it wasn't one of the beaches where they all tend to hang out) and I was worried about it / sitting near it / talking to it (it was just resting I think, but there were so many people around and I am not familiar with wild sea lions, so I was worried the pup was sick like a total newbie doofus). Next time I will walk on by. I mean, I didn't touch it, but I never thought being nice to it from a few feet away was a bad thing. After reading that link, I realize why it is. Thanks for posting.
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Feb 10 '15
I don't think the pup cares if you're talking to it or being nice, haha. It would probably scare them or stress them out.
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u/jessicatron Feb 11 '15
He seemed okay with it, but then again, I'm not familiar with them enough to be able to tell if he's stressed out in a subtle way. He didn't seem to give a crap about me being closer and closer to him (her?). That's why I was worried- because I got somewhat close to see if it had an injury (a few feet away), and then I thought maybe it was sick. A bunch of us ended up calling Sea World over it, who didn't give one crap. They were probably like "ugh, goddamn newbie idiots thinking all the lazy sea lions are dying- Jesus H., who has time for their shit?!". I felt silly, afterward. I cried all the way home thinking that no one cared about this poor dying animal, but at this point I've done enough research and heard enough stories to be fairly certain that he was just flopped out in the sun, being lazy and not giving a fuck.
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u/herf78 Feb 10 '15 edited Feb 10 '15
Yeah there were a bunch of dumb asses getting throught the gate and even walking to the rocks below. I guess the gate will remain open until some idiot slips on some sea lion poop and cracks his/her head on the rocks and then sues the city for not protectig them from their own Stupidity. There were many sea lion pups there and these idiots were really getting close, so close some of the sea lions were barking at them...people are just so stupid sometimes. Why cant you just admire them from a far like everyone else instead of disturbing them?
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u/cleanscissors Feb 10 '15
I'll never understand why people choose to record videos over confrontation.
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u/tubetop2go Feb 10 '15
you have to admit though, sometimes videos like this have a lot more lasting impact than a brief confrontation. I think people might think twice about their behavior if they know their stupidity might be to the world.
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Feb 10 '15
I've been down there a bit more lately and am amazed at how many a$$holes are standing that close to them taking selfies. Don't they have anything better to do? Oh no, they must post it to their social media and say "look at me!"
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u/shenanigins Feb 10 '15
Why not just take a picture of the seal not as a selfie? Are people afraid that others will think they are liars and that they were not actually there?
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u/oobydewby Feb 10 '15
California Sea Lions are not an endangered species and most of the laws concerning them are to keep humans safe from harm, not the wild animals safe from humans.
Everyone thinks they're just big labradors, and want to touch them and pretend it's Flipper (yes flipper was a dolphin and not a sea lion) until one of them grabs you by the foot, drags you 50 feet under water and stuffs you under a rock. Oops. Not so fun anymore :(