27 MAY 1998. CALIFORNIA: MARINE MAMMAL (DISEASE)
The Associated Press reports sea lions are beaching themselves and dying after suffering seizures. Symptoms include diarrhea, gran mal, and vomiting. Most are pregnant females. Many sit "straight up with their heads back", with foaming at the mouth and "whole body twitching". "Similar episodes" have occurred every "three to five years, most recently in 1992".