A group of about 20 sea lions put on a show for people visiting a beach in Lantzville yesterday.
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Paul Cottrell, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Marine Mammal Response Program coordinator, said in an e-mail that the animals were displaying rafting behaviour, B次元官网网址渨hich is a resting, socializing and thermo-regulating behaviour.B次元官网网址�
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