🌀 via @savingthewaves One minute they slap you in the face with an octopus 🐙, next minute... 🤗💙 ––——––——––——||––——––——––—— 🔘 @SavingtheWaves ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ British doctor and experience diver Ben Burville, whose main interest is in the well-being of wild #greyseals in the #FarnesIslands, has established a wonderful relationship with one such animal. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Referring to the seal as his #divebuddy, Burville has lovingly “held hands” and taken “naps” with the seal. The seal, in return has initiated contact and given his human friend great big #hugs. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ His words: “The rather unusual thing about this #encounter is that the seal was one that I had dived with before. With over 5000 seals at the Farne Islands I rarely see the same seal. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This particular #seal had dived with me for over 1 hour, two weeks before this encounter. 10 minutes into this dive the seal made a direct #approach and initiated #contact.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ - Don’t Wait For Change, BE The Change -⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸 via : @theintrovertedmermaid https://www.instagram.com/p/BqIeFwAlQ1_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sruajk1i3ifg