While as a group, we strongly advocate no touching the wildlife, this video is particularly heartwarming and delightful. And you can tell she tried really hard not to touch.. and mostly succeeded.....
Woman and elephant seal
Woman and elephant seal... you've got to watch this...
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Divegirl412
, Sep 15 2010 08:21 PM
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Posted 15 September 2010 - 08:21 PM
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Posted 15 September 2010 - 10:04 PM
Very cute! It is hard sometimes not to touch or engage. Like the turtle in my avatar, how can you resist?
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Posted 16 September 2010 - 07:45 AM
Shocking and disgusting how that seal could not control itself! Southern elephant seals are the largest of all the pinnipeds in the world. Good thing it wasn't a full grown male because if it tried to mate with her, she'd be crushed (in more ways than one). They do occasionally kill their mates due to their enormous bodies and incredible weight.
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Posted 16 September 2010 - 09:09 AM
I think she did an amazing job of NOT touching the seal...the seal on the other hand did not do as well. 
What a beautiful encounter...the seal really wanted to cuddle with her and gently play. He seemed to like her hand so went for it again. He seemed to like her nose so went for it over and over again.
If you are near an animal and THEY touch you its ok...its just not good the other way around no matter how hard it is to resist.
What a beautiful encounter...the seal really wanted to cuddle with her and gently play. He seemed to like her hand so went for it again. He seemed to like her nose so went for it over and over again.
If you are near an animal and THEY touch you its ok...its just not good the other way around no matter how hard it is to resist.
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Posted 16 September 2010 - 10:52 PM
Bill, I did wonder about the size of the elephant seal and the significant chance she could get hurt in so many ways. But I think that is what makes the scene so much more special.
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Posted 17 September 2010 - 09:06 AM
Just in case anyone misread my earlier post, I thought the woman showed great restraint... but the seal certainly didn't!
When I was working on Lindblad Expeditions eco-cruise ships earlier this century, I was assigned to the gray whale trips to Magdalena Bay. I went down there on my first one determined NOT to touch a whale. Then we encountered a "friendly" that just begged us to touch her. When we had to move the Zodiac away after our allotted time was up, she came over to us and lifted the Zodiac partially out of the water and brought us back to the site. Her intentions were quite obvious so I petted her. Other cows would literally push their calves towards us in an attempt to get us to "play" with them. Pretty amazing experience!
When I was working on Lindblad Expeditions eco-cruise ships earlier this century, I was assigned to the gray whale trips to Magdalena Bay. I went down there on my first one determined NOT to touch a whale. Then we encountered a "friendly" that just begged us to touch her. When we had to move the Zodiac away after our allotted time was up, she came over to us and lifted the Zodiac partially out of the water and brought us back to the site. Her intentions were quite obvious so I petted her. Other cows would literally push their calves towards us in an attempt to get us to "play" with them. Pretty amazing experience!
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