I don't know if it's just me, but I feel like I've seen more dead animals this summer than I have the rest of my life. That's not exactly true, I've noticed many road kills while driving, but rarely have I seen complete animals up close.
Today would be the third of the summer (the first two were a dead baby bird and a skunk), and it is certainly the largest animal I've seen. In this case a dead sea lion or sea otter. It seemed to have suffered some trauma, since each passing tide took with it some blood from near its head.
Some people might interpret this as a sign of evil forboding. Like what I will look like in the future. But then again, won't we all.
UPDATE (7/28/2005, 1:02 AM): Went to see the sea lion again. Going towards her, I could smell, what I only assume to be rotting flesh. She was covered in many white insects that come out from the sand. It definitely seemed like it got hit in the head, as there was blood coming from what I can only guess is her left eye, and her left fin may have been ripped a little. Certainly it seemed as if the some layers of skin were torn from her bottom side. I noticed that it was tagged (its number was 040041), though that means little to me.
UPDATE (7/30/2005, 9:44 PM): Someone mentioned to me that it could be the result of eating a pollution-ladden shells, though I have been unable to corroborate this.
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