Sammy the Seal’s Extraordinary Mealtime Ritual

Sammy flops across the street every day to visit his favourite seafood restaurant

For some years now, Sammy the Seal has been hauling his roly-poly body out of Broad Lough river in Wicklow Town, in the Republic of Ireland, three times a day. He is a devoted client of a fish and chip shop in the town, and he’s become such a fixture that he even enjoys regular mealtimes.

Restaurant owner Alan Hegarty told the BBC: “We feed him a little amount three times a day – at nine o’clock, one o’clock and four o’clock. “Even when the clock goes back, he’s still spot on time!

Normally seals would eat around 10 kilos a day, we give him three.” On Valentine’s Day, Sammy even brought a lady-friend along: “She stayed – she obviously wasn’t a one-night stand,” Alan said. “We haven’t named her yet, but we have a competition running for local people to name her.” “When I go to feed them Sammy steps back so I can feed her first. He’s a proper gentleman.”

By Michael Moran
Source: home.bt.com