Shakira Narrowly Escapes Cape Town Seal Attack
The Colombian pop singer and woman with the hips that don’t lie, Shakira, appears to have narrowly escaped the menacing attack of a Cape Fur Seal on the weekend. She’s been in Cape Town on holiday, and escaped with some minor cuts and bruises while attempting to take photographs of seals.
The 35-year-old star of the 2010 Fifa World Cup Song – Waka Waka – took to her Facebook page to describe the event in detail.
This is her special report, although she suggests it was a Sea Lion, judging by the photographs she uploaded, it was more than likely a Cape Fur Seal that was after her BlackBerry:
Special Report: Attacked by a Sea Lion
This afternoon I happened to see some sea lions and seals. I thought to myself how cute they were so I decided to get a bit closer than all of the other tourists and went down to a rock trying to pet them doing a baby talk while taking pictures… Suddenly, one of them jumped out of the water so fast and impetuously that it got about one foot away from me, looked me in the eye, roared in fury and tried to bite me. Everyone there screamed, including me. I was paralyzed by fear and couldn’t move, I just kept eye contact with it while my brother “Super Tony” jumped over me and literally saved my life, taking me away from the beast. We both got our hands and legs scratched by the rocks while trying to protect ourselves. I believe what happened is that it confused the shiny reflection of the blackberry I was taking these pics with, with some sort of fish. It probably thought I was teasing it with food and then taking it away from it. Wow! It’s funny that only half an hour before I was complaining to my guide Andrew that I never get to see wild animals up close on adventurous trips. Oh well, I can’t say that anymore!! Now I’m off to see some penguins! I hope they are a bit more friendly!
Shak
We’re all very glad you’re going to be fine, Shak, and we’re sorry that seal wasn’t on its best behaviour.
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5 Comments
Pete
15 Feb 2012
She should know that nothing is quite as unpredictable as a Seal.
Just ask Heidi Klum.
alan
15 Feb 2012
She should have waka waka’d it on the head.
Dane
15 Feb 2012
Clearly not a shakira fan…cant say i blame him
DDT
15 Feb 2012
LOL the penguins are going to rob her blind
Dave
15 Feb 2012
This is reminiscent of the Seal biting off Busters hand incident in #ArrestedDevelopment
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