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Sick sea lion dies on SF beach in latest neurotoxin case connected to warmer waters
KGO / ABC7 San Francisco and KRON4 (Nexstar, San Francisco) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedSick sea lion dies on SF beach in latest neurotoxin case connected to warmer waters.
The headline splitKGO / ABC7 San Francisco frames it as "Sick sea lion dies on SF beach in latest neurotoxin case connected to warmer waters". KRON4 (Nexstar, San Francisco) frames it as "Sea lion at SF's Crissy Field dies after appearing to be in distress".
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CenterSick sea lion dies on SF beach in latest neurotoxin case connected to warmer waters
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Sick sea lion dies on SF beach in latest neurotoxin case connected to warmer waters
A sick sea lion died on San Francisco's Crissy Field Beach after it was seen experiencing seizures likely due to a neurotoxin called domoic acid, which the Marine Mammal Center says is surg...
Sea lion at SF's Crissy Field dies after appearing to be in distress
(KRON)-- A sea lion that appeared to be sick and in distress at San Francisco's Crissy Field has died, according to Marine Mammal Center. In videos obtained by KRON4, the sea lion can be se...
