Shakira is attacked by a raging sea lion

Shakira got safe in sea lion attack

POP star SHAKIRA was attacked by a sea lion which thought her mobile phone was a FISH and she was cheating it with food.

The 35-year-old singer was trying to take a photo of the giant sea lion when it jumped out of the water and attempted to bite her.

Her brother courageously pulled her away from “giant animal”, leaving them both with minor scratches.

Colombian Shakira posted a blog and pictures of the happening, which took place last weekend during her holiday in Cape Town, South Africa.

She wrote: “This afternoon I happened to see some sea lions and seals. I thought how cute they were so decided to get closer than all of the other tourists and went down to a rock.

“Suddenly, one jumped out of the water so fast 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 paralysed 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.

“I believe it confused the reflection of the BlackBerry phone I was taking pics with, with some sort of fish. It thought I was teasing it with food.”

Pop Singer Shakira later posted a picture of her with some penguins.

She wrote more: “Today with the penguins! Definitely friendlier!”

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Posted by Najma on Feb 14 2012. Filed under CELEBRITIES, ENTERTAINMENT, US NEWS. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry