En av San Franciscos största turistattraktioner, sjölejonen som har busat vid i turistdistriktet vid Pier 39 under de senaste 20 åren, försvann plötsligt ut till havs för tre månader sen. Ingen vet varför.
Lika plötsligt har de nu återvänt, som Carolyn Jones skriver i San Francisco Chronicle lagom till 20-årsjubileet: Pier 39, hundreds of sea lions mark 20 years
Three months after sea lions began trickling back to Pier 39, about 400 were cavorting on the docks Friday in time for a party celebrating the pinnipeds’ 20th year of residence at the tourist mecca. “I wouldn’t have come to San Francisco if the sea lions weren’t here,” said Arlene Fiala, a retiree from Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., who visited Pier 39 Friday. “It’d be like going to New York City if Times Square closed down.” As if they’d never been gone at all, the sea lions were busy with their usual antics: knocking each other off the docks, barking incessantly and snoozing in great piles of blubber. Tourists, meanwhile, enjoyed free cupcakes and cardboard sea lion hats.
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