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Shakira Mixes It Up With A Sea Lion In Africa

While visiting Cape Town in South Africa, pop singer Shakira got too close to some local sea life and got a show of her own. She commented on the incident on her Facebook page in great detail. Obvious...
Shakira Mixes It Up With A Sea Lion In Africa
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  • While visiting Cape Town in South Africa, pop singer Shakira got too close to some local sea life and got a show of her own. She commented on the incident on her Facebook page in great detail. Obviously she does’t watch very much Animal Planet or Discovery or she would know that wild animals are not just animated stuffed toys.

    Here’s a couple candid comments from her post about an attack from a sea lion:

    “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.”

    “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.”

    “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.”

    Take a look at some Twitter reactions:

    It was a close call for Shakira, but it would have been nice if one of the other tourists had explained to her that going down into a wild creatures habitat is same thing as a member of the press climbing to her second story window to snap photos as she leaves the bath; it will piss you off! You were not mistaken for a fish, just viewed as an intruder. Funny story though, thanks for sharing Shakira.

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