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Check Out The Ingenious Way This Seal Manages To Avoid Hungry Orcas

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Take a look at this breathtaking encounter between boaters and a seal that scrambled aboard their boat to escape a pod of orcas on the hunt. Warning: this video may induce anxiety! 

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