Really weird - 'Sex pest' seal attacks penguin

[malaise]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7379554.stm
An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin.

The South African-based scientists who witnessed the incident say it is the most unusual case of mammal mating behaviour yet known.

The incident, which lasted for 45 minutes and was caught on camera, is reported in the Journal of Ethology.

The bizarre event took place on a beach on Marion Island, a sub-Antarctic island that is home to both fur seals and king penguins.

Why the seal attempted to have sex with the penguin is unclear. But the scientists who photographed the event speculate that it was the behaviour of a frustrated, sexually inexperienced young male seal.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Uh oh

I think I dated that seal.

[smokey nj]

2. Is the seal named Neal Horsley?

[Solly Mack]

3. and they watched for 45 minutes asking "WTF is that seal thinking?"

and the poor penguin was thinking the same thing

[malaise]

4. Had the same thought n/t

[knight_of_the_star]

5. And likely ROFLing

Once they figured out what it was trying to do because its so ridiculous :rofl:

[malaise]

6. I'm betting they were saying

WTF is the seal Fing!!! :rofl:

[Javaman]

7. Big deal, my dog humps my leg. Do I fear I'm going to have puppies??? nt

[Uncle Joe]

8. "Most unusual case of mammal mating behavior", I respectfully disagree.

"OT -Police: Man Had Sex With Picnic Table"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5352477

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. Hands down, Arthur Price wins!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Solly Mack]

10. The man obviously thought he was a cat

[malaise]

12. LOL

:rofl:

[Shaktimaan]

11. I once saw...

a peacock go after a goat. Again... chalk it up to sexual frustration and a lack of available female peacocks at the kibbutz's petting zoo.
Extra funny: the petting zoo was run/cared for by the kindergartners. Poor kids.

[orleans]

13. maybe the penguin was provocative

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14. A penguin takes his car into the shop...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9e3qlZ3zxg&feature=related :-)

[roamer65]

15. Must be a Rethuglican seal.

[Lorien]

16. "At first we thought the seal was killing the penguin"

poor penguin! Fortunately he wasn't hurt-though he probably felt more than a little violated: