For
those who struggled to unsee the horrific images of fur seals forcing
themselves on female king penguins, a graphic artist has come up with
something to replace them.
Los
Angeles-based graphic artist has imagined what the potential result of
these unholy alliances would look like, and unsurprisingly, they're
rather cute. Sarah Lee DeRemer, 25, photo-shopped penguins and seals together to create the hypothetical hybrid offspring.
It's a Senguin! A US graphic artist has imagined what the babies of a seal and a penguin would look like. However,
these cute images have a very sincere undertone, following last week's
revelation that fur seals have been raping king penguins on a small
island off the coast of South Africa.
The
disturbing behavior of a group of fur seals on Marion Island,
sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean, was revealed by a group of South African
scientists last week.
Astonishing footage captured by the group showed an enormous seal attacking a female king penguin and forcing itself on her.
'You are no child
of mine': As cute as it might look, the king penguin does not look
happy to have had a half seal-half penguin baby
'My daddy did what?' A baby seal has been given a penguin's beak and eyes in this hybrid creation
'I've got
my father's nose': Artist Sarah Lee
A baby peal: A baby penguin has been given the face of a seal pup in this photoshopped hybrid
The
scientists said they have made four separate observations of individual
Antarctic fur seals sexually assaulting adult king penguins as they
tried to resist.
'Given
the awful news stories of penguins being raped by fur seals, I felt it
my hybridizing obligation to explore the hypothetical offspring of these
assaults,' Ms DeRemer explains.
Attack:
On four recent occasions, researchers spotted Antarctic fur seals
sexually harassing king penguins on Marion Island off the coast of South
Africa
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