Seal attack Clifton

An aggressive seal pup attacked two swimmers at Clifton Beach in Cape Town on Tuesday, the latest in a spate of similar incidents.

The bites were not aggressive but had to be treated and caused concern. He warned beachgoers to give otters and seals a wide berth. “It is unusual behaviour, to see it target people in the water.

A video clip that is gaining momentum fast on social media shows a baby seal attacking and biting two swimmers at a popular Cape Town beach.

But then as the camera follows the seal swimming away in the waves, it all of a suddenly dashes towards a young boy playing in the shallow waves. In the video clip, you can see the seal swimming up behind the young woman before it starts attacking her. In the one-and-a-half-minute video clip we can only see a baby seal making its way from the beach into the waves.

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said lifeguards at Clifton Beach treated two people for bite wounds on Tuesday following an incident involving a ...

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While the circumstances leading to the attack remain unclear, the footage was taken on Clifton fourth beach and depicts the marine animal chasing and attacking ...

One woman was recently reminded of this when a seal attacked her on the beach in Fish Hoek. In December, the SPCA’s Wildlife Team was alerted to a young seal on Strand Beach being harassed by the public. Unfortunately, this usually results in them coming into contact with beachgoers who might not comprehend that the animal is simply attempting to rest and regain its strength before returning to the sea in an effort to locate its colony. They confirmed both were fine after the attack. The seal will eventually wash up on the shore, worn out and in need of rest. The team went to assist and moved the young seal to a safe place a little farther down the coast, where it can rest and recover.

Video footage of the seal attacking beachgoers at the popular Cape Town beach was shared widely across social media on Wednesday.

"Any predator that is surrounded and harassed like the seal was would have reacted the same way, but of course the video doesn't show the part where the seal is being stressed by a crowd of people surrounding it. Taylor shared on her Instagram account that she was bitten six times and had to go to the ER. Seals are wild animals and predators, nonetheless," Dune Spence-Ross, the centre's marketing director, told News24. it was only a yearling approximately 12 months old, weighing no more than 10kg by the looks of it. The City said it was "aware of a video of a seal at Clifton Fourth Beach". The City of Cape Town has urged beachgoers to steer clear of marine wildlife after a seal was caught on camera attacking swimmers at Clifton Fourth Beach.

The warning comes after two bathers were attacked by a seal pup on Clifton Beach this week.

We have wildlife all over the place and wild animals are wild animals and it's best to keep your distance as much as possible and while we are having unique incidences of seals behaving outside the norm, it is probably best that people do keep their distance. "We've had incidents in recent months on Fish Hoek Beach where a seal bit two people. "Cape Town is a beautifully wild city.

A video of a seal attacking bathers on a Cape Town beach, yesterday, is currently trending on social media.

One woman was recently reminded of this when a seal attacked her on the beach in Fish Hoek. In December, the SPCA’s Wildlife Team was alerted to a young seal on Strand Beach being harassed by the public. Unfortunately, this usually results in them coming into contact with beachgoers who might not comprehend that the animal is simply attempting to rest and regain its strength before returning to the sea in an effort to locate its colony. They confirmed both were fine after the attack. The seal will eventually wash up on the shore, worn out and in need of rest. The team went to assist and moved the young seal to a safe place a little farther down the coast, where it can rest and recover.