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<b>--SUPERS</b>--</p><p>:12-:16</p><p>Rick Coleman</p><p>Marine Videographer</p><br /><p>:59-1:03</p><p>Jeanne Moos</p><p>New York</p><br /><br /><p>
<b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p><p>A sea lion pup is making waves for stowing away on a kayak... while a seal tries to get aboard a windsurf board. </p><p>Jeanne Moos' shows us the two creatures caught catching free rides.</p><p>
<b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p><p>RICK COLEMAN'S NOT AFRAID TO GO DIVING AT NIGHT OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST BUT LOOK WHAT DOES SCARE HIM....</p><p>"Jesus! Oh my God, you scared me. Hey little guy!"</p><p>"You can hear my scared reaction and then he immediately kind of melts my heart."</p><p>"What are you doing on my kayak?"</p><p>NOT ONLY WAS THE SEA LION PUP A STOWAWAY...IT WOULDN'T GO AWAY.</p><p>"You can't stay up here."</p><p>SO WHAT DO YOU DO? RICK CALLED HIS WIFE ON HIS CELL PHONE IN A DRYBAG.</p><p>"Right now I'm sitting on my kayak and on my bow is a baby sea lion." </p><p>"No way."</p><p>"And it won't get off." </p><p>EVEN WHEN HE NUDGED IT WITH HIS PADDLE...</p><p>"Go, go, go. You gotta get off."</p><p>BUT LESS THAN 10 SECONDS LATER....</p><p>"Hey!" <pi></pi></p><p>THIS TIME HE STAYED. THE PUP HAD A SCUFFMARK ON HIM....</p><p>"You immediately think there is a shark after him and is that a shark bite on his behind?"</p><p>BUT ANIMAL RESCUE EXPERTS SAY IT'S MORE LIKELY THE PUP WAS JUST COLD.</p><p>"THE SEA LION WASN'T THE ONLY PUP TRYING TO CLIMB ABOARD." </p><p>IN THIS CASE, A WINDSURF BOARD A THOUSAND MILES OR SO UP THE COAST NEAR SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. THIS SEAL PUP COULDN'T MAKE IT UP. AND WHEN HE DID MAKE IT...</p><p>(nats of music)</p><p>HE SLIPPED OFF THE OTHER SIDE. OR GOT A HOSTILE RECEPTION FROM THE OTHERS. THE WINDSURF BOARD'S OWNER, ETHAN JANSON, HAD MOUNTED A GO PRO CAMERA THAT CAUGHT THE ACTION. THE PUP FINALLY ENDED UP NOSE TO BUTT WITH THE UNFRIENDLY PUP.</p><p>BACK AT THE KAYAK, THE SEA LION STAYED ABOARD FOR THE ENTIRE 20 MINUTE PADDLE TO SHORE, THEN SAT ON A ROCK AND FINALLY SWAM AWAY. AT LEAST HE DIDN'T SCREAM BLOODY MURDER.</p><p>(nats of seal yelling) </p><p>SEALS YELLING LIKE HUMANS HAVE NOW REPLACED GOATS YELLING LIKE HUMANS...</p><p>(nats of goats yelling) </p><p>AS THE YELL HEARD ROUND THE INTERNET. THIS IS THE SECOND VIDEO RICK'S POSTED THAT BECAME FAMOUS ON YOUTUBE. THE LAST ONE WAS A BLUE WHALE ENCOUNTER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO...</p><p>"Some say I'm an animal magnet. " <pi></pi></p><p>HE THEN JUMPED IN AND SHOT VIDEO OF THE WHALE UNDERWATER.</p><p>"CoMPARISONS ARE BEING MADE BETWEEN THE LIFE OF RICK AND THE LIFE OF PI." </p><p>ONE'S STUCK IN A BOAT WITH A SEA LION PUP, THE OTHER'S STUCK WITH A TIGER...</p><p>(nats of roaring)</p><p>BY THE WAY, THEY SAY A SEA LION'S BITE CAN BE 10 TIMES WORSE THAN A PIT BULL'S. NO BULL. WE'RE NOT LYIN'.</p><p>JEANNE MOOS, CNN,</p><p>"Jesus! Oh my God, you scared me."</p><p>NEW YORK.</p><p>
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</p><p>CALIFORNIA COAST ANIMALS</p><br />