Cheeky sea lion wanders around gift store in La Jolla, California (Picture: Caters)

This is the moment a lost sea lion shocked customers after showing up at a gift store.

In its defence the shop in La Jolla, California, was called the Cave Store.

‘I was at the register with some customers when this little sea lion came up the 145 steps into the store,’ said manager Rachelle Agosti.

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Look at him go Picture: Caters)

It had made the journey from the Sunny Jim Sea Cave, which has access directly to the store.

The whiskered creature wandered around the aisles for at least ten minutes on January 21, even clambering over some of the displays.



‘Eventually, we got the sea lion out to Goldfish Point and from there, it went down the cliffs and into the ocean,’ Agosti added.

La Jolla, which is only 12 miles north of San Diego, has seen thousands of hungry sea lions wander inland in search of food.

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