Give us a lift, mate! Ship picks up a hitchhiking seal that stowed away on the vessel’s rudder
A freeloading seal seems perfectly content to go wherever the trade winds take it, after being caught hitching a ride on the back of a massive cargo ship.
A video posted online shows the surreal moment the marine mammal was spotted stowing away on the rudder of the giant vessel.
'This marine pilot was about to board a boat when he spotted a seal sitting on the rudder of a ship,' reads the caption.
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A video has captured the bizarre moment a seal stowed away on the back of a massive cargo vessel
'The animal looked relaxed as it hid under the shade.'
And that it did.
The seal can be seen slouching lazily to one side, gazing pensively out to sea as the ship powers full steam ahead across the open ocean.
The seal looks relaxed as it sits on the vessel's rudder, gazing pensively out to sea while the ship powers, full steam ahead, across the ocean off the coast of Wollongong, New South Wales
The bizarre footage was captured off the coast of Wollongong, in central New South Wales, where fur seals and industrial vessels such as this one are both in high supply.
The ship's destination is unknown.