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Startling video shows sea lion snatching girl from pier

Startling video shows sea lion snatching girl from pier
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<p>NEW YORK, NY - MAY 24: Sea lion Osborne looks toward the crowd during a press preview before the re-opening of the Wildlife Conservation Society New York Aquarium in Coney Island on May 24, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The aquarium was heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy and will finally reopen tomorrow on the same day the city beaches re-open to the public. Osborne is one of many Hurricane Sandy survivors, more than 90 percent of the aquarium's sea life survived the storm. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)</p>
Startling video shows sea lion snatching girl from pier
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RICHMOND, British Columbia (AP) — A college student has startling video of a sea lion snatching a girl off a dock and yanking her into the water on Canada's West Coast.

It happened Saturday in Richmond, a Vancouver suburb. University student Michael Fujiwara tells CBC News that some people started feeding the animal breadcrumbs.

In Fujiwara'svideo, the sea lion pops up toward the girl as bystanders laugh. Then she sits by the pier's edge. In an instant, the massive mammal shoots up, grabs her dress and pulls her into the water as people scream.

The sea lion disappears as a man plunges into the water and helps the girl out. She doesn't appear injured and walks away with adults.

Marine mammal expert Andrew Trites says the sea lion presumably thought the dress was food.

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