Un lion de mer ça a l’air si gentil! C’est aussi ce que pensait Shakira quand elle s’est approchée d’un groupe de de lions de mer pour prendre des photos. L’un d’entre eux est violemment sorti de l’eau et est atterri à côté de Shakira et lui a rugi au visage. La belle chanteuse s’est presque fait mordre et a trébuché sur des rochers en essayant de s’éloigner de la bête. C’est son frère qui l’accompagnait qui l’a tirée de la fâcheuse position. Elle racontait son aventure sur sa page Facebook:
« This afternoon I happened to see some sea lions and seals. 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.
Everyone there screamed, including me. I was paralyzed by fear and couldn’t move, 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. We both got our hands and legs scratched by the rocks while trying to protect ourselves.
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. It probably thought I was teasing it with food and then taking it away from it. »
Wow! It’s funny that only half an hour before I was complaining to my guide Andrew that I never get to see wild animals up close on adventurous trips. Oh well, I can’t say that anymore!! Now I’m off to see some penguins! I hope they are a bit more friendly! »
Crédit: Twitter
