Guess what! Another baby sea lion.

The mothers often go out to get food and leave their babies alone on the beach. Occasionally the mothers get eaten by sharks, or don't come back for some reason, in which case, the baby dies because sea lions will not care for another sea lion's offspring.

So we would often see really small babies left alone and our guide Manuel would sometimes say, "Oh, that baby looks like he is abandoned."

I finally said to him, "You know, I really DON'T want to know when you see an abandoned baby. It's just depressing. Especially since I can't save it and take it home in my backpack. Just tell us its mother is coming back." It got to the point where we would see the skeleton of a baby seal on the beach and Manuel would smile and say, "Don't worry, his mother is coming back..." A smashed bird egg. "Don't worry, his mother is coming back..."