From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-569562-262623
OAKLAND, Calif. (UPI) -- Authorities said it was surf meets turf in
California when a wandering young sea lion meandered onto a busy
highway.
California Highway Patrol Officer Peter Van Eckhardt said Oakland
police were called to Highway 880 about 5:45 a.m. Monday to
investigate reports of a sea lion waddling south on the center divider
of the northbound lanes, KTVU-TV, Oakland, reported.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported the sea lion is believed to be
about a year old.
"We were getting gas and heard it come over the radio that there was a
sea lion on the freeway," Oakland Police Officer Naomi Johnson told
KTVU. "We thought it was a joke but we went for a look and there was
actually a sea lion blocking traffic. So we opened the door and he
climbed right in. So we put him in the back of the car as our new
prisoner.
"When I saw the sea lion, I just started laughing. I just thought --
'Man, I love this job.'"
The nearby Marin Marine Mammal Center sent a truck to pick up the sea
lion, but the police officers said it was reluctant to go inside the
truck after jumping down from the car. The mammal hid beneath the
police car and had to be coaxed out and into the transportation cage.
The sea lion was taken to the center for evaluation.