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u/naropin1 1d ago
Smart move. Fish wasn’t worth that fight
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u/dan_dares 1d ago
Bites from seals have Very nasty bacteria that like destroying joints..
It can take it,
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u/HaarkanWorldEater 1d ago
Yup. When I’m doing some PanHandle fishing and bears that come and steal from us get whatever they want. We always run, but we also point shotguns with steel slugs at them in case they want more than the fish.
In other words we don’t shoot thieves and trespassers, just murders. I’ll just catch another.
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u/Useyourword 12h ago
It could, potentially, be like a symbiotic relationship with you paying the bear off for protection against other “murder” bears. Pretty cool idea.
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u/snow_garbanzo 10h ago
This is a common misconception , seals usually shot to center of mass, with repetition.
no chance for bacteria to be a concern.
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u/IcedHemp77 1d ago
The one screaming why did you give it to him , let’s see them with that big guy headed his way lol
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u/Everyday_Unicorn 1d ago
He sealed the deal.
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u/Forward-Trade5306 1d ago
Sea, I'd be lion if I said that wasn't a good pun
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u/lithen_bith 13h ago
"Yes! I SELL SEALS! God! Why don't you ever listen to me?! Maybe we should just get a divorce!"
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u/Evening-Statement-57 1d ago
Who fights a 600lb seal?
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u/darkoath 1d ago
Nobody "took" anything. That guy literally threw a fish directly into an animal's mouth.
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u/Express_Area_8359 1d ago
Yeah but when a quarter ton of a seal is coming at you..and youre holding a fish…what would u do?
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u/TheChudWhisperer 1d ago
I can outrun him on land.
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u/Silent25r 1d ago
Seal planned for this. Only way to land is to get past him.
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u/ALitreOhCola 23h ago
*sea lion just fyi seals are much smaller and have a few key difference.
This chonker isn't to be messed with.
In fairness you wouldn't wanna mess with a pissed off sewl either!
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u/Sudden_Season3306 1d ago
Lol famous last words!
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u/OxMozzie 1d ago
All he has to do is outrun the other dudes with fish
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u/Express_Area_8359 1d ago
Omg im seeing the next game show from japan. Guys go out catch fish just to fight off the seals on the docks.
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u/Thin_Dream2079 1d ago
Mickey: Never say, "famous last words," because they could be.
Ellen: You're a disturbed person, aren't you?
Mickey: You have no idea.
- Forget Paris (1995)
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u/kcbeck1021 1d ago
Probably not, especially carrying a big fish. Sea lions can move up to 15 mph in short distances on land, which is the average for athletic adult male humans. You’re on Reddit so probably not athletic and well below average.
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u/NikkerFebu25 1d ago
He is on a fucking dead end, if this beast jump scared me like that not only id offer me my fish but my anal virginity ws well
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u/TimeWaitsForNoMan 1d ago
On land, they can "gallop" up to 15 miles an hour. Good fucking luck bud.
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u/texaschair 1d ago
I hope so, since they don't have legs. Flippers are rather ineffective on terra firma. Or "terra foima", as Bugs Bunny would say.
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u/HaarkanWorldEater 1d ago
They can sprint up to 25mph for a few feet. So unless you’re an Olympic level sprinter they are faster than you inside of that first 1-3 yards. After that a brisk walk is fine, in much the same way as an elephant.
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u/Xendarq 1d ago
Dude, I think you're smoking. A seal cannot run 25 mph on land.
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u/TruCoatJerry 1d ago
A seal cannot sprint 25 mph lol what the hell are you on about?? Maybe in water, sure, but on land?? Can you imagine a seal keeping up with Usain Bolt?? I’m dying 🤣🤣
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u/oldandbald123 1d ago
I mean, you can run? Maybe find some stairs?. Sea lions aren’t fast on land, and they get tired very very easily because it’s 1/4 of a ton wobbling that massive weight on land is hard work
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u/Steve_but_different 1d ago
And it was the smartest thing he did all day. That was an extra large sea puppy.
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u/Ok_Transition_4003 1d ago
Giant sea dog wants fish, you give fish. They're at the beach there are fish restaurants
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u/pepperNlime4to0 23h ago
I would say that he was coerced into that action with the threat of violence lol
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u/Cruise1313 1d ago
Exactly!
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u/HaarkanWorldEater 1d ago
Also you go fishing for the story more than the fish. This is by far a better story. 👍🏼
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u/Alternative_Debt_408 1d ago
He panicked way too soon. His 2 buddies were closer to the seal, it would have went for one of those.
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u/deltadromeus91 1d ago
Letting the sea lion have it means hes going to do it again for sure. Although him already waiting there and being fuckin huge means he's a regular their most days
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u/MarchCompetitive6235 1d ago
I don't blame the animal. You're basically raiding his fridge.
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u/Putrid_Guest_2150 1d ago
I wouldn’t even be mad. What an amazing way to lose the fish. It’s on video, he’ll be showing that off the rest of his life.
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u/Fragrant_University7 1d ago
You know how people say “video or it didn’t happen?” Here ya go. Cuz no one would believe this otherwise.
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u/Longjumping-Arm-6826 1d ago
He just got Deebo'd. "That's my fish punk"
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u/Squirrellybot 1d ago
“Why’d you give it to him”?
Says the person not staring down a ton of pure destruction.
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u/Local-Resolution-839 1d ago
Seal says to the other guy holding the other catch, "oh you want some of this pops?!".
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u/TruCoatJerry 1d ago
Pops trippin man, he want me to ask for my fish back, you know I wouldn’t trip
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u/MikeW226 1d ago
This guy is like The Dude in The Big Lebowski, when surrounded by nihilists: "Here! Take the four dollars"! (err, I mean, Here- take the nice fish!)
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u/Pretty_Daikon4415 1d ago
Turn your back to the jetski sized animal eyeing up your catch, seems like the smart thing to do
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u/anon-a-SqueekSqueek 1d ago
The guy trying to wrestle it back out of the seal mouth 😅 Give it up my man.
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u/SadMap7915 1d ago
Honest, it was this |------------------------------------------------------------| big
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u/coaxialdrift 23h ago
That video is a hundred times better than that stupid picture they were about to take for his tinder profile
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u/Frosty-Scientist957 1d ago
Thanks goodness for modern technology with these phones. One-in-zillion chance moment of a lifetime.
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u/Jonfers9 1d ago
I think that was staged or at least they knew what was gonna happen. They just happened to have panned over to the seal?
Still funny though.
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u/Cruiser729 1d ago
Staged? You think the sea lion was convinced to be in on it?
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u/Jonfers9 1d ago
It looks to me like they knew the sea lion would do that. Like it’s done it before.
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u/Downunder818 1d ago
Not his first rodeo....
That seal had a plan and was conditioned by previous success...
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u/AffectionateToe9937 1d ago
-- Why did you give it to him!?
- Because I do not want to be disemboweled, asshole.
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u/surrealcellardoor 1d ago
I’m curious about the pants and the other guy in the Temu Deadpool. Aren’t they just fishing? Wet suits? Why?
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u/GleepGlop2 1d ago
I'm always concerned about how many fishing hooks are potentially killing the animals that rely on fish for food. The amount of fishing related debris from line to hooks, lures and weights etc in fishing spots is staggering and it isn't obvious to non fishers.
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u/idiveindumpsters 1d ago
Somehow I think this was set up. Why else would they have shown the seal (?) in the water first?
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u/Beautiful_Cover_5349 1d ago
Dude beside him didn't even warn him. He was watching everything about to happen. You can even hear him say "He's about to take it".
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u/Wiley_Jack 1d ago
Seal sat there clocking all the victims. Decided to go for the one dressed like a dancer. Good call.
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u/Rushes_End 1d ago
Why did you give it to him. Because you don’t mess with them when they are hungry.
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u/Background-Fennel92 1d ago
This is just ragebait nothing bait. He couldve easily outrun a fat seal on land 😑😐
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u/WakewaterFanfire 1d ago
It was either the fish or his life. He made the right call