Two giant sea lions steal a boat in hilarious viral video
We’re gonna need a bigger boat.
Being forced to swim everywhere as a massive marine mammal must be quite grueling. Fortunately, two enterprising Washington State sea lions have devised an ingenious way to travel sans burning blubber — commandeering a sailboat.
The clip — posted to Instagram last month by ex-pro soccer player Joshua Phillips but just now going viral — shows the pinniped pair nonchalantly lounging on a small schooner off the coast of Olympia, Washington.
Their bodies are so massive that the vessel appears to be sinking under their weight.
“If that thing eats three more salmon, it [the boat] is done for,” Phillips commented, adding that the boat owner probably doesn’t like sea lions anymore.
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The oceanic opportunists seem wise to the boat’s weight capacity. They don’t budge when a third sea lion tries to join the floating party, as seen in the clip that’s racked up more than 300,000 views on YouTube.
Phillips’ video of the blubbery buccaneers is generating bemused responses on Instagram: “Hahahaha ‘pirates of the puget sound,'” quipped one user. “I’m da captain now,” joked another in reference to the immortal line uttered by the chief Somali pirate in the movie “Captain Phillips.”
This isn’t the first act of piracy committed by sea lions. The unstoppable sea beasts famously colonized San Francisco’s Pier 39 in 1990, much to the chagrin of local boat owners. Two years ago, they made online waves for attacking nearby beach-goers, forcing officials to close the swimming area.
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