Aw, when she lifted her fin to put the harness on, I just lost it! Adorable!

Keeping an eye on that horrific oil spill- waiting a week or more to begin cleanup ughh- as someone below commented,” it’s always the humans..”

They're so patient and tolerant :)

I’m high. Why does it feel like I’m in 9th grade science class watching this?

They are really cool and cute.

i lob dem

amazing creatures! smart and playful

This is a pretty amazing research program. Wow

I wish all research facilities treated their animals as those in this video are treated.

Commercial fishing nets, disease, pollution, infant mortality 1/3, Aleutian/ Bering sea Radio station Naval activity, Rookery disturbances such as Coast Guard.........

Just how smart are they?

What level of education is required to work and train sea lions? Have you ever lost a trained sea lion to predation, during exercises?

Simple answer to many can't feed everyone.

The answer is the same answer as almost every other species demise......humans, humans, and did I mention humans

So is the clue in their name? Fur seal they come from cold places where people still wear fur, either for warmth or fashion

Why do humans think they have a “right” to interact with wild animals when that interaction can be harmful? Habituating animals to human presence always has consequences. Yes, the people diving to see them will not harm them, but what happens if the animals think fishing boats are ok to approach? Many people in the fishing industry think these animals compete with the human’s livelihood. I’d love to see them, but the animals welfare must come first.

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I wonder who's gonna come down here and install these 'nice' devices to monitor US, THE human beings. Out of love, of course :-) Or even better, catch, imprison and train us to be the SHOW (of another 'more intelligent species'). Just a few questions: Wouldn't it be nicer and more beautiful to watch these animals in their natural habitats? Try connecting to them as we somehow manage to do with dogs and cats? Wouldn't we perhaps learn more? If they're indeed intelligent, sentient beings and have their own emotions and wishes, who thinks they're happy (or happier) to live in captivity? Why are they disappearing in many regions? Well, they will one day. They'll be extinct one day. Like everything else. For me, a human being, the most intelligent species on the planet (are we really?), it's paramount that I don't participate in or accelerate their extinction in geometric progression.

How do they know which sea lion is which since they all look the same ? Maybe they didn't disappear. Maybe they went down to California since you said the population has grown in California. It's a possibility.

That's nice to have such equipment, you used to put scat in pantyhose.

98% is on animals in captivity! 😒😰

I wonder if you can buy one as a pet?

No animal needs saved. They just need themselves and their environments and food left alone