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Seal Caught on Tape Molesting Penguin

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azaghal1981:
No, Seal the singer did not try to rape Danny Devito.
 
 
 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24585481/
 
 A seal has been caught on camera trying to have sex with a penguin.
 
 This seems to be the first example seen in the wild of a sexual escapade between a mammal and a different kind of vertebrate such as a bird, reptile or
 fish, "although some mammals are known to have attempted sexual relief with inanimate â?? including dead things â?? objects," said researcher Nico de Bruyn,
 a mammal ecologist at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.
 
 One summer morning, scientists observing elephant seals on a beach on Marion Island near the Antarctic spotted a young male Antarctic fur seal subduing
 a king penguin.
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 "At first we thought it was hunting the penguin, but then it became clear that his intentions were rather more amorous," de Bruyn recalled today via email.
 
 The roughly 240-pound seal subdued the 30-pound adult penguin
 by lying on it.
 The hapless bird of unknown sex struggled, rapidly flapping its flippers and attempting to stand and flee, without luck.
 
 The seal then alternated between resting on the penguin and thrusting its pelvis at the bird in vain attempts to insert its penis for 45 minutes. Natural,
 unsuccessful sexual escapades by this variety of seal with members of its own species may last as long as this penguin assault did, "but yes, it is quite
 a long time and thus unusual," de Bruyn told LiveScience.
 
 The seal then abruptly gave up, moving to sea and completely ignoring the target of its affections. The penguin apparently did not suffer any injury. The
 scientists detailed their findings in the May issue of the Journal of Ethology.
 
 
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vansmack:
It's not molesting if the penguin was asking for it.
 
 Probably got what it had coming to it by getting all dressed up and what not.

BookerT:
journalism teachers should use this article as a great example of a direct lead.

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