Why are seals having sex with PENGUINS? Large mammals have been caught attempting to mate with the birds on multiple occasions
Scientists regularly monitor wildlife on Marion Island for unusual behaviour
On four occasions, Antarctic fur seals sexually harassed king penguins
In three of the four incidents, the seal let the penguin go
But following one occurrence, the seal killed and ate the penguin
Experts suggest it may have become a learned behaviour, and may continue - but the reasons why are not known
Story contains images and video that some readers may find disturbing
Scientists from the University of Pretoria monitor wildlife on sub-Antarctic Marion Island (marked) for rare and unusual behaviour. In 2006, the incident was spotted on Trypot beach. The most recent occurrences took place on Goodhope Bay and Funk beach
So many stories to post like the squirrel hitch hiking on that bird’s back but SRK has made copy and pasting a lot harder than it used to be so it’s going to take me longer than usual to post these stories.
