Sea lion mauls surfing teen in Australia
Yahoo Daily News
'An Australian teenager was lucky to be alive on Sunday after she survived being mauled by a massive sea lion while surfing.
Ella Murphy was attacked by the creature, thought to weigh about 300 kilograms (660 pounds), as she stood on a surfboard being towed behind a boat on Saturday.
The animal was close to charging the 13-year-old girl a second time as she floundered in the water off the coast of the small town of Lancelin in Western Australia when she was rescued by the driver of the boat, Chris Thomas.
"You can only describe it as like a white pointer (shark) jumping out of the water,"...'
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