'My Life Changing Experience': Baby Sea Lion Hops On Boat, Cuddles With Boater

August 18, 2022

This boater had the experience of a lifetime after a very friendly sea lion pup climbed aboard his vessel off the coast of Newport Beach in California.

J.R. Gilkinson called it a "life changing experience" and a day he will "never forget".

The sea lion pup stayed aboard the boat for more than 90 minutes. It didn't disembark until the boat sailed into the harbor, he said.

"One of the BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE," Gilkinson wrote.