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

‘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
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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.