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California sea lions are suffering due an unusually warm pocket of water in the Pacific, dubbed "the blob." Their food source, anchovies, hake and squid have been moving farther away to find nutrient-rich cold water leaving the sea lions to starve.

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Date Taken: 07.2015
Date Uploaded: 04.2017
Photo Location: San Diego, California, United States of America
Copyright: © Mike Harterink