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Grandbairns feedan the seal Hob Nobs.
Picture added on 01 January 2009
what a great photo, this must be one of my top ten favourite pictures on your site, it just looks like its a normal day feeding seals . FANTASTIC
Added by Mick Harcus on 03 January 2009
Did they no like the prawn cocktail crisps?
Added by Alastair on 03 January 2009
Interesting picture but a very dangerous thing to do especially with children as seals BITE
Added by Ross on 05 January 2009
A nice photo, you caught the moment.
Added by L.Miller. on 06 January 2009
haha i love it :) cool pic!! just like flipper but a seal lol teehee. Thats the first seal i have ever seen eating a hob nob ! i cant stop laughing.
Added by Kenny on 06 January 2009
Sammy can't write but she has asked me to say the following, "I was very sad to hear that someone had suggested that I would bite Bill's grandchildren. Bill has been feeding me for twelve years now and we have built up a great trust and friendship. I particulary like frozen scad, which I know is expensive, but Bill doesn't mind. Sometimes he gives me a conger eel and I lie on my back beside his boat and skin the eel with my claws. I don'd like the skin but the rest is nice. Usually when he's leaving, he goes flat out (which is only about 6 knots) and I swim alongside and jump up about six feet to take a fish out of his hand. Yes, we are good friends, and I have no intention of biting the hand that feeds me, so I think you should leave it to Bill to be the judge and not try to spoil the friendship. By the way, dogs bite but you still feed them! " Good luck from Sammy.
Added by Bill Miller on 04 February 2009
That one looks very polite taking his tit bits, but they are not all like that. I was reaching ower the side to lift a big pollack in and a seal decided it was his dinner, near enough got my hand. He didn't ask politely, but then whose fish was it?
Added by Jimmy Hamilton on 06 February 2009
I'm a latecomer to this super pic. Sammy doesn't look pop-eyed here. Is yours the only boat she approaches Bill?
(It seems you haven't posted any pics lately. Hope you haven't had to retire with a bad case of multiple seal-bite.)
(It seems you haven't posted any pics lately. Hope you haven't had to retire with a bad case of multiple seal-bite.)
Added by Ian Hourston on 27 March 2012
No Ian, I think she will go to anyone who will feed her. Hussy ! Sean dennison was saying she was around the Green Holmes earlier this year, so I hope to see her later on when I get the old boat in the water.
Added by Bill Miller on 28 March 2012
Thanks Bill. I take it you're unbitten.
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Added by Ian Hourston on 29 March 2012
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