Sea lion attack

In Perth, Australia, A sea lion leaped out of the water and attacked a 13-year-old girl, Ella Murphy, as she surfed behind a speedboat off Australia’s west coast, a newspaper reported on Sunday. The damage that Ella Murphy got when the sea lion attacked her on Friday, as she was being towed by a speedboat was a broken jaw and the loss of 3 teeth. A marine scientist said that the attack of the sea lion, which can grow to be 880 pounds in weight but usually stays away from humans, was bizarre and that the sea lion might have been trying to play with her. “ This thing just exploded in full-on, frontal attack,” family friend Chris Thomas told the newspaper. “It jumped out of the water and hit her head on.” Sydney Aquarium marine scientist Grant Williams said that he had never heard of such an attack before. Seal lions can be very territorial, but usually only attack humans when provoked. Murphy is in stable condition in a hospital after having surgery, the newspaper reported. I was also surprised as well as everyone else. Getting hit by a sea lion is like getting to meet the president. It is just so rare. I feel bad for her because of her injuries but I know that after she recovers she will be bragging about her accident. Because without the negatives, it is pretty cool to be attacked by a sea lion and live.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/15/sealion.attack.ap/index.html