Sea lion attacks are not a common occurrence, but they are rising, with two alone happening recently in Southern California.
Phoebe Beltran, 15, had to go to a hospital after she was attacked by one of the animals during a 1,000-yard lifeguard swim in Long Beach, California on March 30.
“I feel the bite, and just this pressure biting onto my arm,” she told TODAY in a segment that aired April 3…