WATCH: Elephant seal pays surprise visit to residential area

While hippos are frequent visitors to some towns and suburbs in the Zululand region, including in Richards Bay and St Lucia, a community in Cape Town received a visit of a different kind.

Residents of Sir Lowry’s Pass Road in Gordon’s Bay were surprised by a massive elephant seal, which was recorded cruising the streets this (Tuesday) morning.

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The Cape of Good Hope SPCA inspectors were at the scene working on a ‘safe and stress-free plan to relocate this magnificent marine mammal’.

Cape Town – (Update): Seal at Gordons Bay – a rather large one pic.twitter.com/P3j2uZSOfM

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