Not only Pier 39 is a famous tourist spot for tasting seafood, sight-seeing, taking ferries, but also a paradise for sea lions.It was a hot afternoon (at about 4 p.m.) on April 21st, 2006. Audrey brought my wife and me a bowl of creamy clam soup at a seafood store. We, two only, shared the soup while we were walking along the waterfront at the Fisherman’s Wharf. Delicious! Thanks to Audrey!
When I reached the biggest pier, Pier 39, I saw quite a number of floating platforms placed a little distance off the pier to allow sea lions to land on, to rest and take sun-bathing. They lay there undisturbed, sleeping maybe, or digesting the food they had just eaten in the sea. A sudden thought came to my mind: How could they jump onto the platforms with their immense heavy bodies?
On a board erected at one of the platforms was written:“Harassment of the Sea Lions is a Violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
No Docking, Approaching, Feeding or Throwing Objects Allowed.”
I believed people, civilized as we were, would not harm or disturb these lovely animals. When would they go back to the sea, at night or the next early morning? Would the ships or ferries nearby the pier go slowly in the sea water to avoid hurting these mammals? I guessed so!
1 comment:
A very good and clever idea from San Francisco, people get to see the sea lions at such close proximetry. In Australia people have to travel to far away remote areas to see them in their natural habitats.
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