160kg Seal Invades Suburban Tassie & Flippers Off Cops For Over Two Hours

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April 4, 2017

Australia bloody loves an “animal in non-animal places” yarn, and the bulk of them come in the form of snake stories from Queensland.

But blessed Tasmania doesn’t tend to busy itself with snake-related issues; the ones they have down there usually keep themselves to themselves. So instead, the island state has gotta get its displaced critter tales from other sources like… uh… seals. Y’know, that classic Australian animal constantly up to hijinx.

A 160kg fur seal decided to take up show in suburban Launceston earlier this morning, enjoying itself some glorious Tasmanian sun and generally being a heaps chill dude who didn’t particularly want to be captured.

He’s really made himself at home. No name yet, but we do know he’s about 160 kilos and loves to sunbake @ExaminerOnline pic.twitter.com/N0gaQPylVx

— Melissa Mobbs (@melissamobbs) April 3, 2017

And he’s on the run! #sealinthesuburbs @ExaminerOnline pic.twitter.com/1pdA6KSZ4U

— Melissa Mobbs (@melissamobbs) April 4, 2017

The big bloke took up the sunny bankside residence in the inner-Launceston suburb of Newstead. Seals are known to frequent suburban areas in Northern Tasmania, particularly at this time of year when they venture up the city’s Tamar River in search of native fish.

Tasmania Police and parks & wildlife officials monitored the scene for about two hours before they were able to safely wrangle the seal and relocate him to a more suitable location.

One day he’s running on the job, the next he’s helping lift a seal… @tomjohnson1991 the man of many talents. pic.twitter.com/NbsSfhPjkV

— Melissa Mobbs (@melissamobbs) April 4, 2017

There’s no word on what the seal was intending to do on his brief little sojourn into Launceston.

Maybe he was keen to head down to the Seaport for fish & chips.

Maybe he heard there was a new tap takeover going on at Saint John.

Maybe, just maybe, he was a bit keen to trade the morning sun for some afternoon rays in the picturesque First Basin.

Either way, Tassie’s a weird place and I love it dearly.

Source: The Examiner.

Photo: Melissa Mobbs/Twitter.