Baby sea lion found on roof of four-story building in Newport Beach

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April 23, 2010 | 7:04 am


How did a sea lion pup end up on the roof of a four-story Newport Beach apartment building?

That's the question officials and residents are asking after the sea lion was found Thursday morning.

Animal rescue workers have dubbed the sea lion Fiddler in honor of the musical, “Fiddler on the Roof.”
The pup apparently climbed up four flights of external stairs at an apartment triplex near Seashore Drive and 47th Street before a Newport Beach animal control officer caught him on the roof of the building about 6 a.m.

Newport Beach resident Mike Kai, 27, awoke to barking sounds coming from the roof of his West Newport apartment.

At first, Kai thought a friend who frequently wakes him up in the mornings to go and surf had climbed up on top of the roof to get a better view of the waves.

“I go throw some clothes on and walk upstairs and suddenly I’m face to face with a sea lion,” Kai told the Daily Pilot. “It doesn’t really move, it wasn’t really in a hurry to do anything, it was just kind of hanging out.”

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/04/baby-sea-lion-found-on-newport-beach-rooftop.html

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Or, someone carried it up in that big cooler.

[stopbush]

3. I doubt it. Newport Beach is infested with seals who climb all over boats of

all sizes. I can well believe a seal pup climbed all those stairs.

It's one of life's little challenges that the millionaires and billionaires of NB have to deal with that the rest of us don't.

[FSogol]

2. Thanks for posting. How can I get a sea lion pup for my next rooftop party?

:shrug:

[Dappleganger]

4. I want one for my pool party!

Wonder if he likes karaoke?

[HopeHoops]

5. Damn, that must have been some KILLER weed!

"Caught up with him 'bout six o'clock the next morning. Naked, sittin' on the windmill. He said he flew up there. I had to fly up and get him down. He was about half crazy."

- Wildwood Flower (Wildwood Weed)

[Shell Beau]

6. How cute is little Fiddler!!

I hope he will be ok.