Video: Keith the seal makes a snack stop (From Malvern Gazette)
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Video: Keith the seal grabs a bite to eat in Bewdley
11:35am Wednesday 9th January 2013 in News
By Sarah Davies
HUNGRY: Keith enjoys his meal
AN EAGLE-eyed schoolgirl has filmed Worcestershire’s most famous flippered visitor grabbing a quick bite to eat.
Seven-year-old Coco Moretti, from Bewdley, caught Keith on camera wrestling an enormous fish when she spotted the critter tucking into her dinner in the town’s river on Friday.
The footage was posted on video sharing website YouTube and has since attracted nearly 2,500 views.
Proud mum, Lizzie Moretti, said it was a “privilege” to see Keith in action.
She said: “[Keith] looked to healthy. We followed her from the rowing club, down under the bridge and she popped up by where the old bandstand used to be.
“My colleague sent me a text to say [Keith had] been seen and we drove up to see if we could find her.
“She was stunning, so beautiful. It was quite a privilege to see her. It’s not often you get to see something like that. We’re quite lucky in Bewdley but a seal is something quite different.
“Coco loved it. We got some other videos as well and we put that one on [YouTube] just because we thought people might want to see it.
“Her headmaster played it on a big screen for everybody in assembly.”
Keith continues to cause a stir among Worcestershire’s wildlife fans two months after she was first spotted in the Severn at Powick
The seal, who was named after a Royalist commander in the English Civil War, has been sighted making herself at home Worcester, Upton, Stourport and Bewdley.
Last week, we revealed she may have brought a companion with her to enjoy Worcestershire’s scenic riverside when two seals were spotted “oinking” at each other in Hanley Castle, near Upton.
Comments(13)
susanna24
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3:22pm Wed 9 Jan 13
LisaVentura
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7:19pm Wed 9 Jan 13
ththeworcestershires
eal - feel free to post any photos, videos or info on sightings!
sherlock39b
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7:50pm Wed 9 Jan 13
sherlock39b
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7:50pm Wed 9 Jan 13
sharpy
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10:06pm Wed 9 Jan 13
jb
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10:28am Thu 10 Jan 13
LisaVentura
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1:27pm Thu 10 Jan 13
New Kid on the Block
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2:08pm Thu 10 Jan 13
jennifer1995
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3:34pm Thu 10 Jan 13
pudniw_gib
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5:55pm Fri 11 Jan 13
pronstar
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10:24pm Fri 11 Jan 13
New Kid on the Block wrote:Not that funny really; one is nature at work, the other is rich people having some kind of grotesque 'fun'.
Funny thing, A seal catches and kills a fish and it is regarded as cute. A dog catches and kills a fox and all sorts of indignation breaks loose.
New Kid on the Block
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4:17pm Sun 13 Jan 13
The next thing is usually comments about red Coats.
pudniw_gib says...
2:11pm Wed 9 Jan 13