So There's Not a Sea Lion Killer on the Loose?

Fishing the Sound by epic Seattlest Flickr contributor Slightly North

Sorry local fisherman. After the NOAA ruled out shooting as a cause of death, we know we passed the blame to your understandable anger at the gluttonous sea oafs. But the latest theory on just how six local sea lions died places the blame squarely on mother nature's shoulders. Now, according to investigators, the sea lions do not appear to have died of gunshot wounds, puncture wounds, or murderous fisher-folk, but rather heat exhaustion. The NOAA, who's obviously been wrong before about the cause of death, hopes that studying samples of the sea lions tissue will settle the mystery once and for all.