OT, I'm in love

PattyO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_-E6o12vWI
SNUGGLING ON THE BEACH – South America

This unique video is of a tourist who sat on the beach to watch the seals and penguins on Gold Harbor, South Georgia

Unexpectedly, one of the seals is apparently attracted to her and,slowly works his way over to her. He seems to 'fall in love' and snuggles and flirts with her. It is quite an unusual and interesting scene.

The seals are huge (6,000 lbs), yet she never seemed afraid...more amused...while someone shot the video of this incident.

Gold Harbor, South Georgia, is located off the southern tip of South America . (sub arctic) It is a small bay five miles S-SW of Cape Charlotte , with Bertrab Glacierat its head, along the east end of Georgia . The west end of the beach where a glacial stream flows is a breeding ground for various types of penguins and large seals....It is not a frequent destination for tourists.

Hoss

NUTS! :S

WWSis

Cool to watch, but pretty high potential for "beautiful moments gone bad"... gheesh... I kept waiting for it to bite her face off!

grillmandan

Very cool!

PattyO

Me too.

2Fategghead

Amazing. I see they are not afraid.

Gator Bait

 
Very cool Patty, the Wiki on the Elephant Seal would indicate that due to it's size it is a juvenile, much smaller than an adult female or male. It is probably at the age where it is abandoned by it's mother who is probably expecting her next calf. That would help explain it's behavior and lack of aggression. The poor baby was probably lonely for it's mother!


Blair


 

Metalhead

wow!!

Griffin

I wonder what the best way to cook elephant seal on the egg is? And which parts? :silly: I kid, I kid. Cute video, poor seal looks lonely.

fishlessman

had one come up next to me while fishing from a float tube about a mile and a half out, one mad seal, never felt so uncomfortable, was bad enough when he was next to me growling and hissing, much more scary swimming around all pissed off under me. i must have been in a good fishing spot :laugh:

PattyO

Better to be pissed off than pissed on. :P

stike

Timothy Treadwell. :unsure:

humans love to anthropomorphize

2Fategghead

:huh: