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Sealed!

Gimpy the elephant seal pup, my constant companion at work, was a gentle giant at 150+ pounds -- until the day I slipped and belly-flopped to the deck at the Marine Mammal Care Center at Fort MacArthur, where I was a volunteer. Dazed, I looked up and saw three aggressive seal pups moving in. I reached for my protective board. Then I saw another large mass of seal blubber rushing toward me. It was Gimpy. She became my shield. As the yelping pups got closer, she swiftly forced them away. She saved me from a mauling that day -- there's no doubt about it.

-- Submitted by Hugh Ryono, Fullerton, California
 

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