"Stray seal shows up at Maine hospital entrance
A young seal wandered up a steep embankment and crossed four lanes of traffic to make an unexpected appearance at the entrance of Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine. Mike Therrian, who was shoveling snow, said he saw the seal under an awning and thought it might be someone bundled under a blanket Friday morning. Instead, he said it was a 30-inch-long gray seal. Hospital security was alerted, and a marine mammal expert was dispatched. But Therrian and a coworker from Seabreeze Property Service had encouraged the seal to move on before the arrival of Lynda Doughty from Marine Animals of Maine."
