The first exhibit was for grey seal not the californian sea lion. if they put the seals in the larger exhibit the larger seals with more amount in there groups would be stuck inside or in the tiny exhibit. Also maybe they will let the seals in there at night like how they let the lone male snowleopard in the exhibit at night while the one year old more active future breeding pair is in the exhibit at day time.
@ TropicWorld54, I am sorry, but I did not understand your response. Who would be kept inside if the seals had the bigger exhibit? The day I went I thought all the sea lions were in the exhibit the furthest to the right. So to me they seemed like they had enough room. So I thought the middle exhibit would be good for the seals and the smallest exhibit was not needed. Or they could just get rid of the wall and combine the exhibits (although I know that would cost money).
They have 3 separate groups of pinnipeds a sea lion group a group of 4 breeding sea lions, a group of 4 Grey seals, and a group of 4 harbor seals. there are four exhibits one small on the left 2 large ones in the middle and another small one to the right. Here is a map: http://www.zoochat.com/548/pinniped-point-map-157557/. The first two are for Grey seals (the small one and a big one). The next large one is for Californian sea lions. The small one is for harbor seals. If they put the harbor seals in one of the larger exhibits the much larger pinnipeds would be resorted to a small exhibit. I also think that they might let the harbor seals in a different exhibit at night like they let the old male snowleopards in the big cat grottos at night.
