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irisblue

(32,929 posts)
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 07:42 PM Dec 2018

Hey Floyd!! This begs for your input.



Brian Resnick (@B_resnick) Tweeted:
"Perhaps, the seal was swallowing the eel and had to regurgitate it—the monk seal version of snorting milk up your nose. For now, the mechanism that leads to seals with eels up their noses is a mystery."
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Hey Floyd!! This begs for your input. (Original Post) irisblue Dec 2018 OP
Snort! 🤪 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2018 #1
For some reason that is one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. Laffy Kat Dec 2018 #2
Maybe this is how it happens frogmarch Dec 2018 #3

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
3. Maybe this is how it happens
Fri Dec 7, 2018, 03:17 AM
Dec 2018
"Hawaiian monk seals forage by shoving their mouth and nose into the crevasses of coral reefs, under rocks, or into the sand. They are looking for prey that likes to hide, like eels," NOAA Fisheries wrote in a blog post on its website. "This may be a case of an eel that was cornered trying to defend itself or escape. Alternatively, the seal could have swallowed the eel and regurgitated it so that the eel came out the wrong way. We might not ever know."


https://mashable.com/article/seal-with-eel-up-its-nose/#VwSTbwstNmq8

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