Sea lions are stranding on a long stretch of California coast with signs of poisoning by a naturally occurring bloom of harmful algae.
This photo provided by the Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute shows a sick Sea Lion on San Buenaventura State Beach in Ventura, Calif. on Monday, July 29, 2024. – Sea lions are stranding themselves on a long stretch of the California coast and showing signs that they may have been poisoned by a bloom of harmful algae, experts said Thursday.
The Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute said that since July 26, it has been inundated by daily reports of sick sea lions along 155 miles of shoreline in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, northwest of Los Angeles.The marine mammals are suffering from domoic acid, a neurotoxin that affects the brain and heart, the institute said in a statement. The poisoning event is largely affecting adult female California sea lions, it said.
The poison is produced by microscopic algae that are consumed by shellfish and small fish that are then eaten by sea lions, dolphins and birds. Symptoms in affected sea lions may include disorientation, head weaving, foaming at the mouth and seizures.Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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