FILE: California sea lions on Nov. 29, 2022, in San Diego.

A man was caught on camera harassing sea lions in Monterey earlier this week, appearing to cause a chaotic stampede of the animals.

The video, published first on social media and then by KSBW-TV, shows a man erratically whipping sea lions with caution tape, causing them to topple down a ledge. Other sea lions then stampeded down the hill as the man continued to wave the tape around.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Law Enforcement is aware of the video, which was captured Tuesday at Monterey Harbor just off the Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail, Nicholas Rahaim, a spokesperson for the agency, told SFGATE.

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The agency does not have a suspect and is looking for information about the........

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