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The sea lion swims curiously around Hartman before gnawing on the swimming flipper on his left foot. Hartman plays with the sea lion, which gives the other flipper a taste before swimming up to the man's diving companions.
The young sea lion taste tests the other divers' flippers, but doesn't damage anyone's diving equipment.
"Here, one juvenile sea lion pup takes turns chewing on my fins along with the fins of other divers in my group," Hartman wrote. "They are very playful just like puppy dogs."