WATCH | Seal pup attacks swimmers at Clifton Beach in Cape Town

Two people were injured under similar circumstances at Fish Hoek Beach late last year.

Last year SowetanLIVE's sister publication TimesLIVE reported on evidence presented by Dr Tess Gridley, founding director of Cape Town research group Sea Search, who said seal aggression could be linked to an increase in domoic acid linked to algal blooms. A video circulating on social media showing one of last weekend’s attacks shows the seal pursing a startled woman across Fish Hoek Beach and then pouncing on her. “It is very unusual for an animal to come out of the water and purposely chase a person — it is very unusual and doesn’t make sense,” Gridley told TimesLIVE.

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