Sea lions sink yacht

In the United States, a pair of Stellar sea lions perched themselves on a yacht and sank the boat under their weight. According to metro.co.uk the yacht was on the EId Inlet in Olympia, Washington.

The mammals hilariously mistook the vessel for a rock, the usual place a sea lion would park off and rest or escape predators like killer whales and sharks.

Male Stellar sea lions can grow up to 3.25 m and can weigh up to 1,120 kgs, while females are much smaller, growing to 2.9 m and weighing 350 kgs. A local fisherman captured the hilarious video, before returning to confirm that the animals had in fact sunk the yacht.

 

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Boats and…. #sealions

A post shared by Joshua Phillips (@fishingjosh) on Dec 17, 2019 at 4:28pm PST

 

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Boat update: I received messages from several people saying that the boat with the sea lions had sank. Today I can 100% confirm that it’s on the bottom @thequalifiedcaptain 😬

A post shared by Joshua Phillips (@fishingjosh) on Dec 30, 2019 at 3:07pm PST

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