A lost seal has trekked a long way from home to find itself on an Australian dairy farm.
'Sammy the Seal' is refusing to leave and the farm's owners said it's having trouble making friends with the local herd.
Far away on a Victorian farm, Karli McGee noticed her herd of 300 had grown by one.
"I went to get the cows and my cows were in a massive circle and all I could see was a seal in the middle," McGee said.
The hefty 150 kilogram seal had mysteriously made its way onto McGee's farm, taunting and teasing her herd.
"My cows wouldn't walk back to the dairy cause they're like what is that they'd obviously never seen a seal in their life," McGee said.
Her first thought was it was a wild pig until it sat up.
"Yeah when it sat up and started moving, we were like, 'No, that's a seal' and it was massive," McGee said.
The sea creature trekked 30 kilometres inland from the Victorian coast for its country escape.
"We have creeks that run from the beach, but it's a long way," McGee said.
Australian Marine Wildlife Research Rescue's Aaron Machado said seals sometimes enjoy a holiday once in a while.
"Sometimes they want to get away from the sea and recuperate and sometimes they find themselves a bit far away from the beach. Before you know it, they're in the middle of nowhere."
Melbourne Zoo is aware and they're all hoping it will find its own way home.
"We're trying to keep an eye on him for the zoo but he's going more inland rather than heading back to the ocean," McGee said.
While they wait, McGee's children have helped name their new pet.
"Sammy the seal - that's what the boys have called him. So we'll go with that."
Sammy the seal - making itself at home, a long way from where it belongs.
In a sad update on Thursday afternoon, 9 News Australia reported the seal had been euthanised.
