Since the tsunami destroyed the docks where they used to sleep they have taken to congregating on the jetty and the sidewalks by the Chartroom cafe. Lively and loud and friendly looking but still huge and fast and sharp canine teeth. The fun of watching them is tempered by the smell like a hog farm if the hogs are nothing but fish!
Yes this big old one has a 1. Actually he had been branded by 4 large numbers. Some states cruelly tag with branding and our marine mammal rescue has had to heal some pups with infected brands. Cali uses a piecing of the flipper to attach a plastic tag which is less visible but kinder
