This American Life, August 8, 2021
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When the Beasts Come Marching In
A community of seals-- harbor seals-- in La Jolla, California near San Diego.
I feel like it all starts with their little noses, so cute. Soft and rubbery like a pony's. And their stubby flippers. Their plump little bodies like speckled bean bags.Visitors come from all over the world to watch the harbor seals of La Jolla wiggle across the white sand of a little beach called Children's Pool. It's called Children's Pool because back in 1931, the city built a seawall along a curved peninsula to make a protected cove for children.And it totally worked. I played there when I was a kid. I didn't drown even once.There weren't any seals back then. But later, in the mid-'80s, when I was a teenager, they started to come ashore at night. Just a few at first, and then a bunch.
Time: 29-minutes.
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