There's a Scientific Reason Australia's Favorite Chaotic Seal Keeps Destroying Traffic Cones
📍 How it ended
{ "epilogue": "The one-ton elephant seal known as Neil returned to Tasmania for an annual visit, causing chaos and destroying traffic cones. Following the animal's viral resurgence and related mayhem, Australian officials and the Environment Department issued warnings regarding poor public behavior toward the mammal and asked fans to respect its privacy.
The story subsequently quieted without a definitive resolution in the coverage." }
Epilogue added 24m ago, after coverage quieted.
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There's a Scientific Reason Australia's Favorite Chaotic Seal Keeps Destroying Traffic Cones ScienceAlert · 81d ago broke it first
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