Seal pup trapped in lobster pot

Name: Seal pup trapped in lobster pot
Uploaded: 2011-10-27T12:56:56.000Z
Duration: 30 s
Description: A seal pup managed to free itself after becoming trapped in a lobster pot as the tide came in on the Isle of May.

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A seal pup became trapped in a lobster pot as the tide came in on the Isle of May.

Staff at the Scottish Seabird Centre in East Lothian watched the seal for about an hour on CCTV cameras.

The pup freed itself and has been named 'Houdini' by onlookers.

Footage from the Scottish Seabird Centre

Scotland

27 October 2011