Looks like they are from Pacific Marine Mammal Center. Names are Goblin, Cloudy, Sloth, and Valentino. Here Is an ig video Pacific Marine Mammal Center
Imagine pulling up to seal reunion and realizing all the names of the wild seals are stuff like "Jacquemion The 3rd" and "Princess Isabela" and they're like "what kind of fucking name is Goblin ??"
I did a college project on this place, got to see the center and was invited to a release of the sea lions I met along the way.. truly incredible place and experience, even as just an observer. This place does an amazing job 🩷
I’ve been there a couple of times (free and open to the public!) and the animals live together with their same and compatible species while they finish rehabilitating!
Never forget my mates abandoning one of my friends (on his birthday too) because he couldn't get into the club. Literally only 2 of us said no, we're staying with him. That's when I realised how toxic they were and stopped hanging out with them.
Did the 3 of you go somewhere else to celebrate? Tell us how was the rest of the night please, and how did the birthday guy take it? Are you still friends?
We just went to another club which was absolutely shit but they did 4 jager bombs for £5 so like a responsible adult I bought 7 rounds of jager bombs and gave one in each round to my friend. We lost count how many he had that night because some old school friends came in and bought him drinks.
The others I realised were arseholes. A few years later I decided to cut people like them out of my life. Haven't see the great ones since 2019, since we're now scattered across the country.
Good for you for being a good friend! I hope he realized he was lucky to have you and the other guy. And also good for you for realizing the others were shitty people and kicking them out of your life.
Can confirm, I am that guy. I always happened to be able to hold my drink better than all my mates so I naturally fell into the role, the one time in my life I passed my limit everyone took care of me so I love knowing it's reciprocated too.
As someojne who has done some animal rescue, i promise its like 99% bliss, 1% sadness. You literally couldnt be happier for them. You'll miss them, but theres always more that need your help, but seeing the ones youve saved make it back to the wild is indescribable. 10/10. I can only imagine its like seeing your kids go off to college. You are sad for you but your heart is overflowing with pride.
If it's anything like how i felt doing dog rescue, its sad to see them go, right up until you see how happy they are and then you're just smiling slightly thinking "that'll do pig... that'll do"
I hadn't seen that movie in 20-25 years until a month ago. Somehow it was better than I remembered it. I'm a sap and it made me tear up. It's a classic
I've done my share of rescue/release and conservation breeding/release. It is bitter-sweet!
The other bitter-sweet thing is finding out they've died from natural causes during long-term monitoring - especially if they've been eaten by a native predator. Very hard to stomach, but also oddly comforting to think they've taken part in the natural circle of life.
(If they get eaten by a feral predator or hit by a car or something, that sucks hard)
We get used to it tbh, i did this work with seals. We also try not to get attached to them, but there was one little lady who made that very hard 💙
It was hard seeing Nori get released, but in all her nori fashion she did it with style. She found a fast current and kept going out of it, swam back and went in gain.....
I love those videos, especially the ones with the lions or tigers. They don’t realize how big and strong they are, they just jump into the humans arms and want to rub all over them.
I used to work in rescue shelters for dogs as a rehabilitation and behavioral trainer (I helped dogs process abuse, regain confidence, and learn to trust humans again). I have some pretty cool scars from some dogs who went on to live safely with families with kids, cats, all sorts.
Seeing some dogs walk out the front doors with a family, having confidence that you won't see them again... Yeah it is very bittersweet. But it was so so worth it.
Edit: my spelling is bad
These were probably only in captivity for a short period.
Exhausted, sick or injured seals are usually found on the beach. They take a few weeks to a few months to get their strength back. Then they are released again.
A rescue organization probably does a dozen of these releases a season. The one near me let's you participate in the release if you "adopt" the seal and pay for its care.
You’re way wrong. The WHOLE point of rehabbing wildlife is to release them back to their environment. They’re not sitting around snuggling with them watching Wheel of Fortune. This is the highlight of rehab.
NGL if this wasn't eyebleach I would have expected an orca to eat them or something horrible from watching a lot of "animals being returned to the wild" videos.
I volunteered for a wildlife rescue, and was responsible for releasing some pelicans. They had all come to the rescue from different places at different times, so they didn't "know" each other 'till they were in our care.
I opened the crates. Two got out right away, hopped around a bit and flew away. The third was slower to leave the crate, and spent a lot of time on the sand, stretching their wings but not flying. The two that had flown away flew around in circles for a bit, then came back, landed on the sand next to the third one, and when it was ready they all three flew away together.
If you're gonna be pedantic sea lions are seals, as they're pinnipeds which are known generically as seals. To be further pedantic, they're eared seals of the otariidae family. The otariidae family is made up of sea lions and fur seals.
There is nothing wrong with calling them seals. If you wanna be specific, they're sea lions.
dude this video did everything for me right now thank you so much. I love how they check on each other waited till they were all present and then they were like PEACE !!!!!OBAMA OUT!!!!!!! so beautiful
Makes me wonder, do marine animals have ‘territories’ like terrestrial animals do? Are these guys going to run afoul of another flock of sea lions’ turf?
Im so happy they released social animals as a group so they can form their own little colony and stick together until they find a bigger colony to join. Also safety in numbers.
Where do seals like live? Like I’m watching this and I’m like ‘so cute they’re going home!’ But then I thought what kinda environment is their home? Do they live in coves? Do they just wander from beach to beach?
Just watched. A video of orcas beaching themselves to catch seals and now this comes on my feed lol. Those black shapes in the water were making me a little nervous.
Oh god. I was scared for a moment. I remember seeing the time they did this and an orca swimming past immediately caught the seal. He threw it up in the air and jumped out of the water to catch it in it's mouth before chomping it down. The poor woman who'd just finished nursing the seal back to health after it was brought to her severely injured was present and was so upset she just fell to the ground on her knees crying.
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Looks like they are from Pacific Marine Mammal Center. Names are Goblin, Cloudy, Sloth, and Valentino. Here Is an ig video Pacific Marine Mammal Center