When we talk about "seals" here in South Africa, we mean one specific animal - the Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus), the only seal species that is truly native to the South African mainland. This species is the one you'll see in our harbours, at tourist destinations and diving sites.
South African seals eat mostly fish, while the Australian seals prey mostly on squid.
Cape fur seals are not "true seals". Officially known as "eared seals" or "otariids", fur seals differ from true seals in that their ears have external flaps, they have large fore flippers, and their hind flippers are not connected to the pelvis and can be rotated forward. These adaptations give eared seals the ability to walk and gallop on land, hear the direction of sound in air, and swim and manoeuvre much more powerfully than true seals.
Unfortunately, a common misconception among fishermen is that seals are competition for fish and are a "pest". In reality, fish numbers are declining due to human actions, and seals are simply encountering humans more often in their search for food - often the offal that the fishermen themselves discard. This misconception is used to justify the intentional killing of seals, such as the Namibian seal hunts and local incidents, such as the regular illegal shooting and gaffing of seals around Cape Town.

While they tend to favour fish, worms, molluscs, eggs and smaller birds, Cape Gulls (Larus Vetula) may also prey on small livestock, such as sheep and calves.
The Cape Gull tends to stick to coastal areas and have black upperparts with white underparts, heads, necks and tails. The top of the wings, have white spots on the tip of the primaries, while the underparts are white with black near the ends.
They often get together at popular feeding spots, but have also been known to attack prey en mass, usually first going for the eyes of their prey. Their feeding pattern is similar to that of crows, with an attacked carcass usually being opened at the eyes, mouth, umbilicus or anus.

Nature in the raw.

Wow what a sight,  never seen anything like that before.

Blériot53 Posted at 9-21 00:02
Nature in the raw.

cannot have cooked food at sea you know

DAFlys Posted at 9-21 00:52
Wow what a sight,  never seen anything like that before.

Actually me neither, purely by chance that I found this.
I guess that it may be an injured seal or one giving birth maybe, or maybe just seals and gulls enjoying some fish without chips.

Droffarc Posted at 9-21 02:20
Actually me neither, purely by chance that I found this.
I guess that it may be an injured seal or one giving birth maybe, or maybe just seals and gulls enjoying some fish without chips.

Id rather have the chips without the fish. thanks.  

Wow, that was some feeding frenzy.  I like how the background music built up the ambience during the feeding frenzy then mellowed into a coastline drive in the outro of the video.  Great job Droffarc.

DAFlys Posted at 9-21 02:37
Id rather have the chips without the fish. thanks.

BUT my dear Sir! Fishy is good for you - Omega 3 and all that jazz, you know.
I just had a portion of fried Hake, no chips, and am now fed up. Soft and succulent with no bones - the fish, not me
Erm, something fishy about the above sentence

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-21 02:48
Wow, that was some feeding frenzy.  I like how the background music built up the ambience during the feeding frenzy then mellowed into a coastline drive in the outro of the video.  Great job Droffarc.

Thanks Downtown. I think I will nominate it as my Opus

Droffarc Posted at 9-21 03:53
Thanks Downtown. I think I will nominate it as my Opus

That will be quite the "pièce de résistance".

Have a great day Droffarc.

Droffarc Posted at 9-21 02:16
cannot have cooked food at sea you know

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-21 04:21
That will be quite the "pièce de résistance".

Have a great day Droffarc.

A fish dish to rule all dishy fishes, but not exactly a swan song since the swan does not have lyrics - reference : Vangelis early works - Hypothesis

Now all you need is David Attenborough to narrate and you’ll be set.

Fred Fred Fred Posted at 9-21 08:18
Now all you need is David Attenborough to narrate and you’ll be set.

I guess I could try yo immitate him  

Droffarc Posted at 9-21 07:03
A fish dish to rule all dishy fishes, but not exactly a swan song since the swan does not have lyrics - reference : Vangelis early works - Hypothesis

Blessed are those who have ears that hear.

Droffarc Posted at 9-21 11:13
I guess I could try yo immitate him

Wouldn’t hurt to at least try lol. But regardless it was a great video and to be fair I actually told really care for David Attenborough's voice, if you get Morgan freeman on the other hand then that would be just hands down the best video ever.

Droffarc Posted at 9-21 03:52
BUT my dear Sir! Fishy is good for you - Omega 3 and all that jazz, you know.
I just had a portion of fried Hake, no chips, and am now fed up. Soft and succulent with no bones - the fish, not me
Erm, something fishy about the above sentence

Soft and succulent.  ROTFL.   

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-21 13:22
Blessed are those who have ears that hear.

I disagree, I hear a little too much and often wish for deafness being afflicted with acute hearing I am still able to hear a cute snail sliding up a window pane. One that is really the embodiment of foot in mouth dizzeze.
I do need to learn to listen thiough.

Fred Fred Fred Posted at 9-21 22:47
Wouldn’t hurt to at least try lol. But regardless it was a great video and to be fair I actually told really care for David Attenborough's voice, if you get Morgan freeman on the other hand then that would be just hands down the best video ever.

I have a preference for the voice of James Earl Jones (without the ooh! arg! breathing)

but unfortunately you will have to do with the dulcet voice of Jonathen Livingston Seagull and friends

DAFlys Posted at 9-22 00:13
Soft and succulent.  ROTFL.

By all the rolling on the floor I take it that you have not experienced a good, well prepared peice of hake then? Fried to perfection by the local sardinian or portugese fish n chip shop, by none less than the guy who says he is Elvis

Droffarc Posted at 9-22 03:05
By all the rolling on the floor I take it that you have not experienced a good, well prepared peice of hake then? Fried to perfection by the local sardinian or portugese fish n chip shop, by none less than the guy who says he is Elvis

I’m not a fan of white fish,  two mouthfuls is usually enough for me.  I do eat a lot of shell fish through.  And the smell of fresh mackerel being cooked over fire on a Portuguese beach is just amazing.

Droffarc Posted at 9-22 02:59
I have a preference for the voice of James Earl Jones (without the ooh! arg! breathing)

but unfortunately you will have to do with the dulcet voice of Jonathen Livingston Seagull and friends

    You're on a roll Droffarc.

Droffarc Posted at 9-22 02:55
I disagree, I hear a little too much and often wish for deafness being afflicted with acute hearing I am still able to hear a cute snail sliding up a window pane. One that is really the embodiment of foot in mouth dizzeze.
I do need to learn to listen thiough.

Wow, you do have acute hearing.  

DAFlys Posted at 9-22 03:10
I’m not a fan of white fish,  two mouthfuls is usually enough for me.  I do eat a lot of shell fish through.  And the smell of fresh mackerel being cooked over fire on a Portuguese beach is just amazing.

That is quite shell fish of you?

DowntownRDB Posted at 9-22 03:59
You're on a roll Droffarc.

You are mistaken Sir, 'twas David rolling    - on the floor

Droffarc Posted at 9-22 02:59
I have a preference for the voice of James Earl Jones (without the ooh! arg! breathing)

but unfortunately you will have to do with the dulcet voice of Jonathen Livingston Seagull and friends

Well, at least your voice still doesn’t crack when your reading things out loud at 17! But regardless of who narrates your feeding frenzy video, it was really cool, with or without a narrator.

Fred Fred Fred Posted at 9-22 06:04
Well, at least your voice still doesn’t crack when your reading things out loud at 17! But regardless of who narrates your feeding frenzy video, it was really cool, with or without a narrator.

I thank you for the kind words F F Fred (spoken in a cracked 17yr old voice)

nice and really interesting capture. well done

ElleKN Posted at 9-23 00:36
nice and really interesting capture. well done

Thank you ElleKN

Droffarc Posted at 9-22 13:13
I thank you for the kind words F F Fred (spoken in a cracked 17yr old voice)

Yes, yes they were.

Droffarc Posted at 9-22 06:03
You are mistaken Sir, 'twas David rolling    - on the floor

  I stand corrected.

Nicely captured!

Montfrooij Posted at 9-25 23:14
Nicely captured!

I thank you Peter

Droffarc Posted at 9-26 01:29
I thank you Peter

My pleasure!