A 300-pound sea lion strayed over 60 miles from its coastal habitat along the California seashore before being spotted on the side of the road near a cotton field. Biologists at the California Department of Fish and Game who joined in the rescue determined that the sea lion must have swum through canals before wandering over land for a mile before reaching the point at which it was sighted. Experts from the Marine Mammal Rescue Center were able to capture the sea lion and transported him back to the center and plan to release him into the wild in a few days.

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