A sea lion pup earned a festive new name — Lords-a-Leaping — after he went on a daring adventure this week, taking a 30-foot jump from a pedestrian bridge onto South Coast Highway in Laguna Beach. Authorities responded to Aliso Beach bridge at Aliso Circle just above South Coast Highway on Monday night after receiving reports that a sea lion pup had climbed the bridge and was lounging there. Officers helped block traffic while the rescue team from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach captured the 33-pound sea lion. The most recent sea lion was rescued on Christmas Day, Leeds said. The effects could be as devastating to the ecosystem as the 2014 heat wave, but there is a chance the oceanic event is temporary.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 26, 2019 19:07 UTC