Seal!

[Ross J]

My neighbour called this morning saying he couldn't get his taxi out for work. Parked underneath was this seal!<br />The Ministry of Fisheries sent a couple of guys from the North Shore and they captured it in the net. It wasn't plain sailing at all. It was bigger than they thought, one of them said that when they get a call to a seal and it's described as 3' long then they expect it to be about 2' long. Not 5' as in this case.<br />Interesting enough this one showed a tag specifing it was a West Coast seal. Yet the only access here is via the East Coast. Lately there's been a lot of Orca in the Waitemata harbour and the seals have been pushed up further into the esturies than normal.<br />I reckon Arthur (neighbour) has a great story to tell his taxi mates!<br />Ross<br /><br />

 

[dmessy]

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Caption:<br />Hey Joe! You keep em busy with the net...I'll poke em with the stick

 

[Mike NZ]

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Caption # 2: Hey Cabbie there's a wet patch under your car...... Yeah I've got a leaky seal.

 

[Skinnywater]

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In the words of The crocodile hunter:<br />"Cripes! A fin footed buggar such as this can pack a whallop!"

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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" Yea lucky for me my mate was there to save me or I would have been a goner, thats for sure. Man them things can get you. Before ya know it, WHAM!!!!!!!!!! It gets ya. WHOOOOWEEEE!!!!!"

 

[Bob_VT]

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I usually choose a simple block of wood to block my wheels and it's allot safer when I toss it into the back of the truck!!! <br /><br />Bob

 

[mellowyellow]

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leaky seal... funny!<br />when I used to fish for Cod out of LA, these<br />buggers would regularly steal a few. they were<br />smart enough not to eat the hook, so all you<br />would pull up was a head.

 

[Capt. Bob]

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Thanks for the good story, Ross. Do seals bite? <br />My only experience is at the circus...ball on nose.

 

[mellowyellow]

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Ahoy Capt. Bob,<br />a few drunken teenagers decided to break <br />into the zoo and 1 went swimming in the seal pool. one of<br />the seals took a big chunk out of his rear!<br />yes, they have big teeth and will bite ya....<br />ouch.

 

[sloopy]

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they can bight your hands off!!! GRIMITY!!!

 

[Ross J]

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Hi Capt. Bob,<br />yes these fellows do bite. One of the Ministry of Fishery blokes claimed that if you'd been bitten the bites wouldn't heal. It'd leave a nasty wound that would heal only around the wound and leave a deformity. He told us of dogs dying after being bitten by these things. His claim was that when the scientists come up with an antibiotic strong enough to fight the bacteria these animals have in their mouth then they'll be rich buggars!<br />I saw the mouth from about 1' when it was secure and I wouldn't like to inspect any closer. This thing could move almost as fast as we did. In the wild obviously no problem but put them in a mans world and they are as scared as anything.<br />Ross<br />

 

[Capt. Bob]

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Well so much for a pet seal....maybe one of those cute little penguins.....

 

[RICKRICK1]

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Thats his chair now who has the ball.

 

[Bob_VT]

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Well if you heard a rumor that people club seals to death you would bite too <br /><br />Bob