Shakira attacked by seal who mistook BlackBerry for a 'fish'

[Dead_Parrot]

Latin pop singer Shakira was "paralysed with fear" after a seal 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...

More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/14/shakira_blackberry_seal/

[Javaman]

1. no, not because of the blackberry...

"Shakira explains that she had tried to get closer to the sea lions because she thought they were cute."

I'm always amazed at the unique stupidity people display when dealing with wild animals.