‘How Did You Get Here?’ Large Elephant Seal Found Lumbering Along South African Street

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‘How Did You Get Here?’ Large Elephant Seal Found Lumbering Along South African Street — Members of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) watch an elephant seal cornered on a street in Gordon’s Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa, on May 27, 2025. AP Photo

By The Associated Press

5/29/2025Updated: 5/29/2025

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa—A large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along a street in a coastal town in South Africa early Tuesday, surprising residents and inspiring a rescue effort to get him back to sea.

The two-ton seal, which an animal welfare group said was a young male, was making his way through a suburb of Gordon’s Bay near Cape Town.

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