feeding sea lions breadcrumbs is less like giving a bear a ham sandwich and more like giving a lion a salad.
sea lions are carnivorous; they don't eat grains, they eat meat. and, no - it didn't think the dress was a fish. that's ridiculous.
these people did not seem to know that. because seals are cute, right?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sea-lion-drags-girl-into-water-off-steveston-docks-in-richmond-b-c-1.4126203