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The other day i was out at Aramoana on the Otago Peninsula (across the harbour from the only mainland Royal Albatross Colony in the world - i could easily see them with and without binoculars) here in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand and decided to walk up the end of the (rock) pier thingy.
When i was nearly at the tip of it i came across this swimming around in the water;
Then i looked along towards the end of the pier thing and saw another swimming in the water. So i started walking towards the end of it, to these big rocks which i was planning on standing on, and i just started walking past a big rock when i heard "Wwwwooooorrrrrrrrrgggghhh!!!!" - i look to my right and see this about a metre or less away;
So i backed off a bit and took a picture of it.
Then i looked around the rest of the end of the pier and there were at least ten or so seals just laying around, or cleaning/scratching themselves. Was also a dead one on the rocks which kinda stunk out the place.
May not seem like much to some people, but this was the first time i'd ever seen seals this close (last time i just saw one ages away on a beach in the city) so thought it was pretty awesome. They have warning signs up saying to watch out for yellow eyed penguins, but it says nothing about seals! 8)
So yeah, if you're on a pier thingy like this and hear a roar, it means you're too close to a seal resting in the sun!
When i was nearly at the tip of it i came across this swimming around in the water;
Then i looked along towards the end of the pier thing and saw another swimming in the water. So i started walking towards the end of it, to these big rocks which i was planning on standing on, and i just started walking past a big rock when i heard "Wwwwooooorrrrrrrrrgggghhh!!!!" - i look to my right and see this about a metre or less away;
So i backed off a bit and took a picture of it.
Then i looked around the rest of the end of the pier and there were at least ten or so seals just laying around, or cleaning/scratching themselves. Was also a dead one on the rocks which kinda stunk out the place.
May not seem like much to some people, but this was the first time i'd ever seen seals this close (last time i just saw one ages away on a beach in the city) so thought it was pretty awesome. They have warning signs up saying to watch out for yellow eyed penguins, but it says nothing about seals! 8)
So yeah, if you're on a pier thingy like this and hear a roar, it means you're too close to a seal resting in the sun!
Here in the UK, you also have to be quite careful around 
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