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This is horrific. Man BRUTALLY attacked by baby seal (Original Post) A HERETIC I AM May 2016 OP
So scary! Ned_Devine May 2016 #1
"Death awaits you all with big pointy nasty teeth" A HERETIC I AM May 2016 #2
"Just look at the bones!" nt longship May 2016 #8
"I nearly soiled my armor, I was so scared " A HERETIC I AM May 2016 #9
Context, for those who need it. longship May 2016 #11
.... A HERETIC I AM May 2016 #13
Good way to pack it in for the night. Hoyt May 2016 #3
Clearly, we must subjugate the Earth. nt villager May 2016 #4
Baby seal pugetres May 2016 #5
Kootchie-kootchie... ARRRGH! nt longship May 2016 #6
Super cute but with the marine mammal protection act Jesus Malverde May 2016 #7
My bet is the guy is a researcher and did nothing wrong n/t A HERETIC I AM May 2016 #10
MMPA is only Mendocino May 2016 #16
Good observations... Jesus Malverde May 2016 #17
Alerting! - What next?! Baby otters eating lettuce??!! (oh, wait...) tomm2thumbs May 2016 #12
That seal looks and acts like a puppy. hedda_foil May 2016 #14
It must be related to our cat arikara May 2016 #15
Thread needs a "graphic" warning Liberal_in_LA May 2016 #18
all babies - when in doubt KT2000 May 2016 #19
The crafty creature's lethal weapon? BlancheSplanchnik May 2016 #20
..... A HERETIC I AM May 2016 #28
...... BlancheSplanchnik May 2016 #30
Thanks! A great way to end the day!!! C Moon May 2016 #21
heehee - so cute. 840high May 2016 #22
Oh the horror!!! cstanleytech May 2016 #23
Best thing I've seen in GD in months! nt SunSeeker May 2016 #24
Aww man, he's got them googly eyes! bluesbassman May 2016 #25
And the penguins stood by and did nothing!! KansDem May 2016 #26
Never trust a penguin to intervene when death is on the line! A HERETIC I AM May 2016 #27
Om nom nom dis weirdest looking fish evar Oneironaut May 2016 #29
Loose seal! Loose seal! Tommy_Carcetti May 2016 #31
 

pugetres

(507 posts)
5. Baby seal
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:05 AM
May 2016

Last edited Tue Jun 21, 2016, 02:25 AM - Edit history (1)

loves rubbing against the boot!

Baby seal is a self-scritcher.

Squeee!

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
7. Super cute but with the marine mammal protection act
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:07 AM
May 2016

That's like a $50000 fine for coming close to the seals. I'm assuming this is overseas.

Mendocino

(7,482 posts)
16. MMPA is only
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:47 AM
May 2016

in effect for areas under US jurisdiction. The 1961 Antarctic Treaty and subsequent regulations prohibit "harmful intervention" with flora and fauna. You cannot touch any animal there. From the looks of the vegetation* on the land shown in the video, this was likely on one of the sub-antarctic islands. They are also under the Antarctic Treaty.

*The grass shown is Tussock, it doesn't grow on the Antarctica Continent or the close islands.

hedda_foil

(16,371 posts)
14. That seal looks and acts like a puppy.
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:32 AM
May 2016

Watching that very doglike face and his behavior towards the human, it's as if the species started out as dogs and evolved to adapt to its environment.

arikara

(5,562 posts)
15. It must be related to our cat
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:40 AM
May 2016

She 's obsessed with stranger's feet. If someone new comes into the house, she just doesn't let up on bumping and nudging and poking at their poor feet. She's pretty near as fat as that seal too.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
20. The crafty creature's lethal weapon?
Thu May 26, 2016, 02:19 AM
May 2016

Sniffing.

It may look deceptively harmless, but this terrifying baby seal dispatches its prey by sniffing away at the very molecules of the unfortunate victim.

Believe me, once your molecules have been sniffed up, you're not gonna be around much longer.

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