Monday, October 11, 2010

Seal vs Penguin

P-p-pick a fight with me, would you? The moment a giant elephant seal meets its match in a tiny penguin

By Daily Mail Reporter
12th October 2010

 
When something’s in your way, sometimes you just have to move it – no matter how big it is.
So when this king penguin found a giant elephant seal blocking his path to the water, he gave it an almighty slap with his flipper.
But he quickly realised his error as the beast, which is 300 times heavier than he is, let out a huge roar and forced him to waddle backwards.
Pick on someone your own size: The giant Elephant Seal reacts after receiving an unwelcome slap
Pick on someone your own size: The giant Elephant Seal reacts after receiving an unwelcome slap
Luckily, that was as vicious as the encounter got, as the penguin slunk off to go the long way round to the sea.
The altercation on the South Atlantic island of South Georgia was captured by British wildlife photographer Robert Fuller, 38.
He said: ‘Several seals had just come out of the surf and were lying on the shore blocking the penguins from getting to the water. But this young penguin was full of bravado.’


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