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Australian Community Media
  • 12/19/2023
The sleepy 600kg elephant seal has quickly become a local icon and celebrity.

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00:00 [Music]
00:27 I heard a noise outside and I thought that somebody was trying to break into my car.
00:32 So I looked out the window and then next minute I've got this big seal looking up at me in my bedroom window.
00:38 And it's like, "Oh, hello!"
00:40 I think it's going to go down in the books as the best excuse in history of not to go to work.
00:45 [Music]
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