Shakira Attacked By A Sea Lion: “My Brother Saved My Life”
Too bad Shakira isn’t really a closet she-wolf!
The 35-year-old Colombian singer was vacationing in Cape Town, South Africa recently when a cute sea lion decided to live up to its name. “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,” she wrote on her Facebook page. “I was paralyzed by fear and couldn’t move, 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.”
Luckily, Shakira and her brother escaped with only minor cuts. And now, the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer is trying to understand and come to terms with her out-of-the-blue attack. “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,” Shakira wrote. “It probably thought I was teasing it with food and then taking it away from it.”
Despite her brush with death, Shakira is steadfast on enjoying her vacation. “Today with the penguins,” she wrote. “Definitely friendlier!”
Check out photos of the good sea lion gone bad and Shakira’s injury below. Will you think twice the next time you see a sea lion?
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