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| Cecil the sea lion pup hitched a ride on the Gist family kayak and gets to know Rodney Gist during an excursion at Santa Monica CA. |
A family was kayaking in the water just off Santa Barbara, California when the sea lion pup decided to hitch a ride on the little boat, says television station KTLA in Los Angeles.
The sea lion plopped down behind Rodney Gist of Fullerton, California who was riding the kayak with his two children.
Gist said at first he was a little concerned for his kids. A sea lion is a wild animal, after all. He said the family was "a little bit interested in seeing how he would behave."
It turned out Cecil was a nice guy, (I'm assuming guy) as sea lion pups go. KTLA said Cecil nuzzled against Gist as it sat behind him. "The cute creature appeared at one point to even kiss the back of his head, video of the incident showed," KTLA reported.
You can watch the video at the bottom of this post.
"I could tell he was kind of playful like a dog," Gist said.
The family isn't sure why Cecil wanted so badly to meet the Gist family. "Maybe he was just tired of swimming. Maybe he was wanting to interact with people. Maybe he just wanted to snuggle," said Lee Gist, Rodney's daughter.
Eventually, as the kayak maneuvered around a pier, the Cecil drew a crowd of onlookers. Maybe Cecil got a little freaked out by all the attention so he jumped off the kayak and swam away.
At least the family got this video as a remembrance of their time with Cecil:
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