Seal Slaps Kayaker In The Face With Octopus Because Nature Is Completely Unhinged

A wild video was captured in the waters of New Zealand over the weekend.

Kyle Mulinder, a self-described “GoPro content creator,” was kayaking with friends off the coast of Kaikoura when all of a sudden, what was likely a New Zealand fur seal — an animal in the same family as sea lions — broke the surface and smacked him the face with an octopus.

Taiyo Masuda, another GoPro videographer who was also on the trip, posted the jaw-dropping moment to Instagram on Sunday, complete with a slow-motion version if you like to octopi your time with that kind of thing.

When the video hit Twitter on Wednesday, many gave the incident their seal of approval.

decolonization in action https://t.co/xWckjX4LaV

— Low Arctic ⵙ (@tulukaruq) September 26, 2018