{"id":424663,"date":"2026-01-21T23:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/424663\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T23:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:58:11","slug":"sea-lion-ferociously-attacks-shark-as-boaters-watch-in-awe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/424663\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea lion ferociously attacks shark as boaters watch in awe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Southern California sportfishing landing this week shared dramatic footage of a predation event involving a California sea lion as the top predator. (See footage below.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Davey\u2019s Locker Sportfishing asked social-media followers, \u201cWhat was he eating?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Sea lion preys on thresher shark.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/19535ac3333e375be8eec095b7060ee0.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sea lion preys on thresher shark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was clear to most that it was a shark, and clear to many that the sea lion had killed or was in the process of killing a thresher shark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/shark-attacks-australia-reminiscent-jaws-224047767.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:ALSO: Shark attacks in Australia reminiscent of &#039;Jaws&#039;-like event in Mexico;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ALSO: Shark attacks in Australia reminiscent of &#8216;Jaws&#8217;-like event in Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The footage, captured off Orange County by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/planetwhale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Erica Page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Erica Page<\/a>, is a reminder that sea lions are powerful and voracious, and that sharks are not always apex predators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This type of event, while rarely witnessed, has been documented multiple times over the years by Southern California boaters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Page\u2019s footage appears to have been captured less than a mile from shore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on For The Win: <a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/outdoors\/2026\/01\/21\/sea-lion-attacks-thresher-shark-boaters-awe-newport-beach\/88284053007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sea lion attacks thresher shark as boaters watch in awe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sea lion attacks thresher shark as boaters watch in awe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Southern California sportfishing landing this week shared dramatic footage of a predation event involving a California sea&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,177598,48,295,177600,66,12710,177599],"class_list":{"0":"post-424663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california-sea-lion","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-environment","12":"tag-erica-page","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-southern-california","15":"tag-thresher-shark"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}