Authorities say the 500kg animal is ‘definitely not Henry’, a seal that used to frequent the Mornington Peninsula in the early 2000s
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An elephant seal has reappeared on a Mornington Peninsula beach after drawing crowds on Friday on the other side of Port Phillip Bay, where it came ashore and smashed windows at a service station.
Glenn Sharp, a regional operations manager with Victoria’s Conservation Regulator, said he had helped coax the huge seal away from danger last week, when the seal crossed roads in Point Lonsdale and appeared to be spooked by its reflection in the windows.
Continue reading…Authorities say the 500kg animal is ‘definitely not Henry’, a seal that used to frequent the Mornington Peninsula in the early 2000sFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn elephant seal has reappeared on a Mornington Peninsula beach after drawing crowds on Friday on the other side of Port Phillip Bay, where it came ashore and smashed windows at a service station.Glenn Sharp, a regional operations manager with Victoria’s Conservation Regulator, said he had helped coax the huge seal away from danger last week, when the seal crossed roads in Point Lonsdale and appeared to be spooked by its reflection in the windows. Continue reading…