A Navy SEAL climbed into a boat and refused to leave it for eight hours. At the same time the animal looked neither sick nor emaciated.
According to the media, the pinniped attracted the attention of fisherman Andrei Permiakov near Sakhalin, and when the fisherman «slowed down», jumped into the boat.
Although the boat owner and his companion chased the animal away several times, it jumped back. Thus, the cheeky and gregarious seal traveled in comfort for a whole day and reached the shore without wasting his energy.
«This is the first time with us, although we go to sea often. Usually if we see sea animals, they pass by the boat and that's all. But here we met an inquisitive one», - remembered the men, who had enough time to be photographed with an unusual fellow traveler.