As I
walked along the rocky shore, there were seals just on the
land side away from the rocks and the occasional seal asleep
on the rocks. Most of the time I could sneak around
these without them knowing I was there, but this was a young
seal I inadvertently woke up.
To start with
he made a run towards me as many seals did, then gave up as
they realised you were walking away. For some reason though,
this one wouldn't give up and kept following me - I put on a
bit of a sprint to clear some space between us (they aren't
very quick for very long on land), but still he kept
following me. Eventually I did the same back to him, turned
and ran towards him thinking that would be the end of it
(you don't really want one sneaking up on you as those teeth
and in particular the rich bacterial mix in the mouth can
give you a lot of grief).
However, this
one seemed to sense some fun in the offing and in a state of
some excitement dived into the sea re-surfacing very close,
giving me a fright and resulting in a quick sprint
land-wards!
Paul Ward -
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