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wo sea lions, understandably irked at having their afternoon snooze interrupted, were filmed chasing off panicked beachgoers at La Jolla Cove in California. Charlianne Yeyna, the woman who took the video and uploaded it to TikTok, told NBC San Diego that she thought it was funny to “see all these tourists getting blown away by these giant sea lions.” Many people agreed, as the video racked Because they’re not really fluffy, and it clearly TikToks them off.

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