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A rare Guadalupe fur seal was rescued Sunday at the tidepools at Cabrillo Beach.

Read more about it from reporter Larry Altman on the Daily Breeze home page and also on the Pipeline blog. 

The 15-pound pup was not with its mother and was taken to the marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro. They are now quite rare and generally are found on Guadalupe Island off Baja.

By the way, the second photo here has gotten a couple comments from readers who spotted it on our Pipeline blog. They were upset that we showed a young boy snapping a cell phone picture of the animal at close range. What do you think? Wilflife experts, of course, are always reminding spectators to stay clear of beached creatures and not to disturb them. Somehow this youngster slipped in to get pretty close. 

I was walking Cowboy and Tess through our neighborhood park this morning when we were spat at by a swan? A goose? Or something. I'm not entirely sure what she was, but she had a very long neck and she was clearly irritated by our attempts to pass through her territory, disturbing her morning snooze. My colleague Sandy Mazza, who says she was once almost attacked by a swan, says it's a swan. So there you go.

But whatever she was, there she sat, right in the middle of the walkway. We waited. I tried talking to her. She wasn't much interested. I wondered if we should just turn back, it was one of these creatures, after all, that came stalking right toward us last time we tried this maneuver. (We turned tail pretty quick that time.)

Eventually, she spit at us some more and then honked as she reluctantly rose from her spot and moved (sort of) off to the side, allowing us to walk by.  Talk about being in a foul mood.

Cowboy and Tess were much more interested in the squirrels, of course. But I had the sense we ruined the feathered Missy's day.

Video clips at Ustream

It's baby season so you may wind up finding one of these little guys in your backyard. What to do? Find a wildlife rehabilitator near you. In our local area, we have South Bay Wildlife (310-378-9921 or SBWildlifeRehab@aol.com).

HT: LAObserved.com