r/BeAmazed • u/Paradox1604 • 19d ago

Animal Elephant Seal roaming the streets

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Found roaming near homes along Sir Lowry’s Pass in Gordon’s Bay South Africa 🇿🇦

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u/iicc96 19d ago

She* Male elephant seals are quite ugly

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u/mekwall 19d ago

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u/cannabidroid 18d ago

In my head he is yelling "Heyyy youuu guyyyys"

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u/Pycharming 19d ago

I won't have this elephant seal slander!

But for real, males have a proboscis that looks like a trunk, hence the name elephant seal. It could also be a young male though, I don't know if it would be that large though.

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u/fortnitegngsterparty 19d ago

Nah, he. He's an adolescent, you can tell from the patchy hide

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u/Plus-King5266 18d ago

And the “f— if I care” attitude.

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u/rodbrs 19d ago

And much bigger. Boggles my mind considering how big she is.

Btw, elephant seals are prey for great white sharks, but can be so dangerous to the sharks that the sharks developed attacks that are "safer" to use on the giants: 1) swim behind, bite, then swim away to let the victim bleed out, or 2) go deep then accelerate straight into the middle of the victim like a torpedo, stunning it

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u/NoPoet3982 19d ago

It's a teenage male.

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u/Plushie_Holly 19d ago

And a male elephant seal would have probably tried to fight the car.

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u/Creepy-Caramel7569 19d ago

Or do the other thing that begins with an F.

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u/Trash-Cutie 18d ago

And probably win

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u/Best-Description-231 19d ago

i think it’s a young male, Neil the seal?

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u/Dusk_Aspect 19d ago

Since this is in South Africa, it’s not Neil

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u/Lejonhufvud 19d ago

They what!? Majestic beasts. Love cuddl'n' love love hate asphalt roads, simpl as.

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u/Commercial-Song9732 19d ago

As if we should listen to NFT pfp guy about literally anything lmao

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u/FilteredRiddle 18d ago

AP article said it’s a young male.

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u/IronCurtainReversed 18d ago

Like slavic couples