Sally the sea lion freely “explored the area” outside her pool in the Central Park Zoo as New York was hit by severe rain and flooding.
Severeon Friday drenched streets, flooded homes and led to ankle-deep water at LaGuardia Airport. The deluge also gave one sea lion named Sally an opportunity: to briefly escape her enclosure at Central Park Zoo.
Despite rumors online, Sally “remained inside the zoo, never breaching the zoo’s secondary perimeter,” Breheny said.“The new Madagascar movie looks sick,” tweeted one observer, in reference to a 2005 children’s movie about the escape to Africa of four Central Park Zoo animals. The sea lion enclosure is at the heart of Central Park Zoo in Manhattan. The marine mammals can often be seen “sunning themselves or swimming,” according to the zoo’s website.
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