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The Marine Mammal Center |
 | | California sea lions are opportunistic eaters, feeding on squid, octopus, herring, rockfish, mackerel, and small sharks. |
 | | Sea lions are known to have such diseases as pneumonia, caused by a parasitic lungworm, and a bacterial infection called leptospirosis, which affects their livers and kidneys. |
 | | In 1998 and again in 2000, large numbers of sea lions were treated for domoic acid poisoning, a condition caused by harmful algal blooms which causes the animals to have seizures. |
| www.marinemammalcenter.org /learning/education/pinnipeds/casealion.asp (595 words) |
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