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Are you a seal? Are you young, inexperienced and confused? Are you a lake of roiling sexual frustration, mingled with feelings of inadequacy and rage? If so, you may want to seriously consider attempting to rape a king penguin!

At least that’s what scientists seemed to have witnessed on a beach on the sub-Antarctic Marion Island when a fur seal pinned down a king penguin:

“At first glimpse, we thought the seal was killing the penguin,” says Nico de Bruyn, of the Mammal Research Institute at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

It became clear, however, that the aforementioned seal’s intentions were less than savory:

The 100kg seal first subdued the 15kg penguin by lying on it.

The penguin flapped its flippers and attempted to stand and escape - but to no avail.

The seal then alternated between resting on the penguin, and thrusting its pelvis, trying to insert itself, unsuccessfully.

After 45 minutes the seal gave up, swam into the water and then completely ignored the bird it had just assaulted, the scientists report.

Scientists theorized that the seal, being too young to win the attention of a female, turned his eye on the next available animal. They believe it was a one-off occurrence, as no other instances of this nature have been reported. The penguin seems to have survived the experience unharmed, at least physically. No doubt it will be left with some pretty hefty emotional baggage.

‘Sex pest’ seal attacks penguin [BBC News] : ectochat : Thanks, nic0!