I have found them fascinating since I saw the BBC documentary where they were filmed playing 'tennis' with a seal pup by hitting it into the air with their tails. Made me think they are more similar to us humans than we realise, in ways that we might not like to admit...
I couldn't find that clip, but check this out and thank your lucky stars that they don't consider us prey:
http://youtu.be/hPge_0lea3o
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