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LOS BANOS, Calif. (AP) - Authorities tried to determine Monday how a sea lion turned up in the San Joaquin Valley -- some 65 miles from the ocean.
The 300-pound animal was reported ``crawling in the middle of the road'' in Merced County northeast of Los Banos at about 7:00 a.m., said California Highway Patrol officer Scott Jobinger.
A county road was closed for a time Monday while authorities waited for marine biologists and animal control officers, Jobinger said.
The animal basked in the sun on the back of a CHP patrol car.
``We're just trying to find out where this sea lion came from. It doesn't appear to be injured. It just appears to be out on a stroll in the Central Valley for some reason,'' Jobinger said. ``We're thinking maybe somebody dropped it, but there are also a lot of canals in that area.''
Jobinger hypothesized that the animal could have swam up a river from the ocean and made its way to Los Banos via a canal, explaining that the nearest waterway that empties into the ocean cuts through San Joaquin County.
LOS BANOS, Calif. (AP) - Authorities tried to determine Monday how a sea lion turned up in the San Joaquin Valley -- some 65 miles from the ocean.
The 300-pound animal was reported ``crawling in the middle of the road'' in Merced County northeast of Los Banos at about 7:00 a.m., said California Highway Patrol officer Scott Jobinger.
A county road was closed for a time Monday while authorities waited for marine biologists and animal control officers, Jobinger said.
The animal basked in the sun on the back of a CHP patrol car.
``We're just trying to find out where this sea lion came from. It doesn't appear to be injured. It just appears to be out on a stroll in the Central Valley for some reason,'' Jobinger said. ``We're thinking maybe somebody dropped it, but there are also a lot of canals in that area.''
Jobinger hypothesized that the animal could have swam up a river from the ocean and made its way to Los Banos via a canal, explaining that the nearest waterway that empties into the ocean cuts through San Joaquin County.
