@c5news: Neil the seal has been on the rampage – again. The elephant seal has been bashing bollards, wrecking traffic cones and fences and even taking on vehicles in southern Tasmania, Australia, where he’s become a local celebrity despite, or maybe because of, his unruly behaviour. Rod Macdonald, the mayor of Tasman council, which covers the area where Neil was born in 2020, said the menace-mammal has become a “bit of a celebrity, and he continues to earn his status.” As the independent Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie puts it, he’s “the only bloke in Tasmania who can stop traffic, ignore everyone, and still be loved for it”. Neil returns to the area every year and engages in what is considered “normal” seal behaviour, experts have said. “He’s like 1,000 kilos at this point, and he’s obviously more capable of being a menace. He’s broken fences, he’s harassing people’s cars – that’s just a function of his size,” Dr Jane Younger, a senior lecturer and seal expert at the University of Tasmania has said. #5news #seals #australia

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Friday 03 July 2026 16:15:00 GMT