Antarctic Animal Encounters - Fur Seal 10
Cruising away into the sunset, what a day!

All good things come to an end however and it was probably my in ability to follow him into the sea that eventually caused my new found friend to take himself off sea-ward probably in search of a more able playmate.

A wonderful memory of a real connection with a wild animal in its natural environment. Why he decided to try and play like this I'm not sure, but it was towards the end of my time in Antarctica and I'd probably learned a lot more fur seal body-language than I realised.

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