A wayward sea lion wandered into the road Monday morning in Sonoma County, California, stalling traffic as drivers were alarmed and crews from the Marine Mammal Center worked to move the animal from danger. The sea lion's pathway blocked the eastbound route of Highway 37 at the junction of California State Route 121, by the railroad tracks. Traffic was at a standstill at 10 a.m., according the California Highway Patrol. Ironically, this is the spot where 900-pound elephant seal was stranded in December 2015. According to the police log, an off-duty officer chased the sea lion before experts from the Marine Mammal Center arrived. Can you imagine? Doctors also had determined that this sea lion suffers from neurological damage, possibly because of past domoic acid exposure, the same toxin that caused the most recent Dungeness crab fishing season in California to be delayed. The Sea Lion is now safe and healthy and now nicknamed "School Daze."
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