At 08:04 AM 4/2/97 -0800, you wrote:
>This is not an April fool's joke---
>
>Yesterday afternoon I was at the north end of the arboretum (actually the
>big grassy area that borders the lake, between 520 and the Lake Washington
>Blvd. onramp to 520) exercising my dog, and well, a harbor seal
>jumped out of the water.
>
>I watched it for the next hour or so. It only
>appeared when a dog was in the water retrieving sticks,

I think they may think the dog is another seal. Our retriever used to love
to go in the ocean off Pacific Grove and would swim out in Shell Bay. The
seals would all hover around the mouth of the bay and wait for the dog to
come out. They're pretty used to divers around here so I would be surprised
if they were playing.

Peggi
Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz 122 W, 37 N)
USA
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