This story has spread throughout the net and since it’s BlackBerry related I’ve decided to pick up on it. It turns out that a sea lion unintentionally attacked Pop Star Shakira during a holiday in Cape Town over the weekend. While holding her shiny BlackBerry in her hand, the sea lion thought it was food (fish) and jumped up to grab it out of Shakira’s hand, leaving her with some scratches on her hand.
“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.”
“This afternoon I happened to see some sea lions and seals. I thought to myself how cute they were so I decided to get a bit closer than all of the other tourists and went down to a rock trying to pet them doing a baby talk while taking pictures,” Shakira wrote.
“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.”
“Everyone there screamed, including me. 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.
“We both got our hands and legs scratched by the rocks while trying to protect ourselves.”
We’re all glad nothing serious happened to the talented, sexy, Colombian singer. Might want to rethink holding shiny objects in front of any animal next time for it might think you are feeding it lunch.
Via tnooz