Seal slaps kayaker in the face with octopus as bizarre video goes viral on social media
Kiwi Kyle Mulinder, who was kayaking in Kaikoura, New Zealand at the weekend, says it was an ‘absolutely crazy event’
The bizarre moment a kayaker got slapped by a seal with an octopus in Kaikoura, New Zealand was captured on camera and has since been shared on social media.
Kyle Mulinder, from Motueka, told The New Zealand Herald it was an “absolutely crazy event”.
He said he had been testing the new Go Pro Hero 7 with his friends from Kaikoura Kayaks when the unthinkable happened.
“[We were] just looking at fur seals, birds, just catching some waves and then we saw a giant male seal fighting an octopus. Because that’s what they do,” he said, laughing.
“It was quite a way away and then next thing it just went deep and we didn’t know where the seal was and honestly out of nowhere ... it popped up right beside us.”
“I don’t know who got the bigger fright – the octopus, the seal or me,” he added.
