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A 'showboating' seal left a paddleboarder completely stunned after it jumped on to her board and lazily sunbathed while she cruised around a harbour.
Rachael Towers, from Dorchester, was out paddleboarding with her friend Sam Ball in Poole Harbour, Dorset, when a young seal unexpectedly made a bee-line for her board.
The recruitment advisor, 24, was terrified the marine mammal would burst her inflatable paddleboard with its sharp claws, but to her surprise, it happily hopped on to her board.
Rachael said the seal was so massive it rocked her board at first before it settled and lazily sunbathed while she paddled around the harbour for around half-an-hour.
Rachael Towers (pictured), from Dorchester, was out paddleboarding with her friend Sam Ball in Poole Harbour, Dorset, when a young seal unexpectedly climbed on to her board
Rachael said her friend Sam (pictured) saw the seal and wanted to go over to it, but she was terrified and didn't want it on her board, but it came over and climbed on anyway
She explained: 'My friend Sam and I were taking our paddleboards out.
'He saw the seal popping up
