Hundreds of sea lions have gathered at Pier 39 in San Francisco to feast on anchovy, delighting visitors to the tourist attraction, authorities told news outlets.

Hundreds of sea lions have suddenly appeared at Pier 39 in San Franciso, California, in the past week, according to local reports. Pier 39 harbormaster Sheila Candor told local ABC outlet KGO in an article published on Tuesday that in the past week,

Pier 39 in San Francisco is seeing more sea lions on its docks than it has in the last 15 years. KPIX saw more than a thousand sea lions taking in the sun by the pier on Tuesday. According to experts,

There's a sea lion population boom underway at San Francisco's Pier 39, and folks were being invited to check it out.

It’s a flippin’ invasion! Hundreds of sea lions swarmed San Francisco’s tourist-packed Pier 39 — the biggest gathering of the slippery suckers in 15 years, experts said. More than 1,000 of the aquatic critters were spotted basking,