These photos of Kroshik the seal are the cutest thing you'll see today!

[+ Avalon]

https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/328831-cute-photos-baltic-seal

[samhexum]

These photos of Kroshik the seal are the cutest thing you'll see today!

A British fisherman has been rescued after fleeing an aggressive colony of about 50 gray seals and their young pups.

 

The angler was plucked from a cliff face by a coast guard team.

 

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said Monday the fisherman was walking on a beach in northern Scotland when he came across the seals, who became agitated and aggressive.

 

He climbed up a cliff face but became trapped before reaching the top and used his phone to call for emergency aid.

 

Rescue teams were able to lower the man into a lifeboat and take him to safety. He is being treated for exposure to the cold.

 

Coast guard officer Jonathan Mustard said people walking along the coast should beware of seals protecting their young.

[+ sync]

A British fisherman has been rescued after fleeing an aggressive colony of about 50 gray seals and their young pups.

 

The angler was plucked from a cliff face by a coast guard team.

 

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said Monday the fisherman was walking on a beach in northern Scotland when he came across the seals, who became agitated and aggressive.

 

He climbed up a cliff face but became trapped before reaching the top and used his phone to call for emergency aid.

 

Rescue teams were able to lower the man into a lifeboat and take him to safety. He is being treated for exposure to the cold.

 

Coast guard officer Jonathan Mustard said people walking along the coast should beware of seals protecting their young.

 

That is a curious scenario considering:

 

Elephant seals are solitary in the ocean, but on land they form large colonies around their breeding grounds. These heavy animals are best adapted to the sea and clumsy on land, but can move at speeds up to 5 miles per hour if threatened.

https://animals.mom.me/fast-can-elephant-seal-move-land-2954.html

 

The average running speed of a "healthy" adult human is probably somewhere in the range of 10-15 miles per hour. This would be a measure of the average "peak" speed of every healthy adult human on the planet, regardless of gender, age, or size.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-average-running-speed-of-a-human

Perhaps the fleeing fisherman isn't physically up to an extended run or didn't have the time to evaluate his escape route.

[gallahadesquire]

When I visited Kanagaroo Island off Adelaide, Australia, we walked with the sea lions.

 

The issue is relative speed: Humans don’t run on sand so well as sea lions.

[+ Avalon]

The only seals I've seen in the wild were in San Francisco by the Cliff House when I was a boy.

[+ nycman]

I’ve gone scuba diving with sea lions several times......

 

They can be amazing and playful.......

 

And they can be aggressive and horrifying.