Updated March 29th, 2020 at 18:36 IST
'Can't take my eyes off you': Video of sea lion staring at tegu mesmerizes netizens
A recent video shared by the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, which shows a sea lion meeting a tegu for the first time has taken over the internet.
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As coronavirus pandemic has led to a reduction in the number of visitors at zoos and aquariums, several institutions are giving the animals a chance to meet each other as a new form of enrichment. A recent video shared by the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, which shows a sea lion meeting a tegu - a type of lizard - for the first time has taken over the internet. In the video, one can see the amazement in seal lion’s eyes from encountering the tegu for the very first time.
When you got no game at the #StaringGame but your animal enrichment is on point. pic.twitter.com/dbp67i3mu3
— Mystic Aquarium (@mysticaquarium)
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#StareGame
The 41-second video has left the netizens in awe. Since being shared, the clip has been viewed more than 98,000 times and has garnered over 45,000 likes. With thousands of comments, while some were left in complete awe, others also tried to guess what must be going on in the sea lions head. One user even left a hilarious comment that read, “Hey Ma there’s a weird cat out here! It looks like Gramma”.
That sea lion is like "uhm...why is there a dragon outside my habitat? I strictly remember there not being dragons there before."
— Katie Akerboom (@katie_akerboom)
lol, it looks so interested in that lizard. Like worried, confused, and mesmerized at the same time. Cute.
— Jaye Raine (@JayeRaine)
Sweet thing just can’t look away... You just can see the recognition algorithms failing to pull any relevant data 😂.
— Sapling (@FreeDrove)
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I can imagine that seal trying to describe what he saw to his buddies and them thinking he's lost it
— JR Hannafin (@JRHannafin)
😂😂😂 the seal can't believe that creature
— Natalia 🐞 (@Nalujma)
The sea lions behind that one are all minding their own business, but this one is having their mind blown XD
— Pierrot of Color 🔞 (@DiscoPierrot)
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ok, so when people say animals don't feel or have cognition show them THIS... because if that is not a "What in the actual F is that?" face on that seal I do not know what else is.
— Maya Cabello (@Mayaswave)
Sooo cute & adorable pic.twitter.com/Q2Ns4HKik8
— Savitha Nagabhushan (@SavithaNagabhus)
This is actually kind of sweet and the expression of the sea lion is the best he keeps looking at the tagu then looking behind him as if to say "Hey am I the only one seeing this?"
— Kari Perrick (@carolyn_perrick)
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Published March 29th, 2020 at 18:46 IST