Shakira attacked by sea lion who mistook BlackBerry for a 'fish'
Shiny mobe tempted sea-dweller out to lunch
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Latin pop singer Shakira was "paralysed with fear" after a sea lion lunged for her BlackBerry, she recounted on Facebook.
The animal appeared to have mistaken the BlackBerry for a fish, Shakira explained, and lunged for her while she was taking pictures of it on the phone.
"I believe what happened is that it confused the shiny reflection of the blackberry I was taking these pics with, with some sort of fish," the singer wrote in the Facebook post Special Report: Attacked by a Sea Lion. "It probably thought I was teasing it with food and then taking it away from it."
The BlackBerry confusion resulted in a dramatic confrontation:
Suddenly, one of them jumped out of the water so fast and impetuously that it got about one foot away from me, looked me in the eye, roared in fury and tried to bite me. Everyone there screamed, including me. I was paralyzed by fear and couldn't move.
Fans will be pleased to hear that Shakira's life was "literally" saved, though she did sustain minor injuries.
I just kept eye contact with it while my brother "Super Tony" jumped over me and literally saved my life, taking me away from the beast. We both got our hands and legs scratched by the rocks while trying to protect ourselves.
Shakira explains that she had tried to get closer to the sea lions because she thought they were cute.
At least someone is enthusiastic about RIM products these days. ®
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Hang on lads. I've got an idea...
New TV show. It's called Celebrity Photo Safari.
Celebs are given a camera. It's explained that real wildlife cameramen don't use zoom lenses, they get in close, to get the perfect shot. Said celebs are then left in the veldt for a day, in an area known for lions, leopards, hippos and snakes. They're told that the public will vote the one off who gets the worst shot.
The survivors are brought in at the end of the day, fixed public vote gets rid of the dead ones, and they're sent back out the next week, to do the same, after some 'camera instruction'.
Jordan must be in the first series. Wearing bacon perfume.
I estimate that we should be able to get rid of between 50-100 pointless celebs every year with this program. Don't thank me, the Nobel Prize will be enough. Either for Science, for increasing the average IQ of the whole planet, or for getting rid of Jordan, the Nobel Prize for Peace and Quiet...
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