When "SQUAK!" is a safe word...

[gridlore]

'Sex pest' seal attacks penguin

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.

Speaking as a former frustrated, sexually inexperienced young male, I can almost emphasize with the seal.

But don't mess with the penguins, dude.

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Comments

[robertprior.livejournal.com]

Didn't certain American neo-cons from your religious right use penguins as a metaphor for decent people last year? Odd how that hasn't survived contact with penguin reality :-)

[aurictech.livejournal.com]

Why am I reminded of the joke that ends with the penguin saying "No, man, that's just ice cream!"