Man on business call surprised by seal visit in Tacoma, WA waters
Seal says hi to rower in Tacoma
Todd Silver recorded the adorable interaction from inside his boat Thursday morning on the Thea Foss Waterway.
TACOMA, Wash. - Todd Silver says on the morning of Feb. 6, a seal visited him in the Thea Foss Waterway in Commencement Bay. He says the encounter was unlike anything he's seen since he took up the sport in 1995.
The backstory:
Silver was in his single-person racing shell and took a business call when he felt something bump his boat. Turns out the bump was this little seal.
After 30 years of rowing he says he's had a few encounters with wildlife but nothing like this encounter on Thursday.
He said that he had a 10-minute relationship with the little guy and even gave him a little belly rub with his oar before he took off!
Seal takes a break on a paddler in Tacoma, Washington
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