Sea Lions! Oh My!

So apparently a whole bunch of sea lions like to gather around this one pier in San Francisco (like hundreds of them) and just chill on some floating piers.. and it got to be a fantastic tourist attraction because there were just hundreds of goofy sea lions barking and sunbathing. Anyways, recently they all seemed to have disappeared. Biologists are left baffled as to why they disappeared or where they went, although they have suspicions that the animals may have sensed an earthquake or something or the waters became too warm. Also, a whole bunch of mysterious sea lions seemed to appear in Oregon all of a sudden as well.. so I'm thinking that's where they went. Anyways, sea lions are cute! Read more about it here (http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/san_franciscos_seal_lions_disa.html). I'm terrible at summarizing stories :p