The Orange County Register is reportin’ that two inseparable sea lions were ruhleased to the open sea on Valentine’s day. See the full story here 
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LAGUNA BEACH – Two inseparable sea lions got their very own Valentine’s gift this morning – a return to the freedom of the open sea. Dozens of beachgoers watched as the Pacific Marine Mammal Center released Makia and Alto, two California sea lions who forged a tight bond during their month-long rehabilitation.
Many mo’ photos on their slideshow, too. Discovered by cuteporter NTMTOM
The ear-eye-powshe ratio is killingk me!
oh man, i needed a WARNING – as soon as this page loaded it was cute SEIZURE
“Hi, this is the New Sea Lion Wahkshop, I’m Nohm Abrahm. As you can see, our cihculah saw cut is pehfect–nice, smooth edges. Now, let’s move ahn to thah biscuits.”
@Von Zep: BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Beautiful story! I love sea lions.
Blorp!
Von Zep, it sounds as if you know about Hoover the Talking Seal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_(seal)
AWWWWWW!
Liquid sealion eyes! Like the puddle I just turned into.
ResQte tag, please! What a great story!
Even teh nose is a heart!
That is squeet.
Hankie Alert on the video! This story gets my seal of approval.
Sniff. Will the PMMC keep track of them, or did they just swim off into the wide blue yonder?
Oakley: I agree about the hankie. But the video in the link is a MUST SEE. These sealios love each other. You can see it. <3
Happy ending! =)
Ahn. Just…ahn. Thanks.
Ahngghhh! [head tilt]
Good luck sealios.
He’s all “I can sea you” *squee* I luff heem.
Tear jerker! Good luck little guys!
i got kissed by a sea lion once.
Blorp Free… as free as the wind blows…
Awww.
I couldn’t tell from the article what gender Makia is, though. I hope it’s female, otherwise they might end up competing and that would be sad.
Von Zep, I laughed until I gasped! So perfectly Norm, if only they had little plaid shirts for se lions.
OMG the EYES people, the EYES. *liquid love*
OMG the EYES people, the EYES. *liquid love*
OMG the EYES people, the EYES. *liquid love*
OMG the EYES people, the EYES. *liquid love*
OMG the EYES people, the EYES. *liquid love*
OMG the EYES people, the EYES. *liquid love*
Chinchillazilla: the slideshow page says they’re both male. And I thought Orange County (and the state) voted for Prop 8.
THAT IS CUTE! THEY SHOULD MAKE THAT PICTURE 4 Valentine cards that would be cute