Shakira Attacked By Sea Lion

"Omg what just happened to me! I was attacked by a sea lion! Lo que me ha sucedido hoy! Un leon marino ha intentado atacarme. Shak." So starts out a Facebook status update from pop star Shakira on Sunday, drawing some concern that she had been injured while vacationing in Cape Town, South Africa.

Well, everybody relax: The 34-year-old "Whenever, Wherever" singer is just fine. According to her post, Shakira got scratched up when she leaned in to pet the lounging sea lions "doing a baby talk while taking pictures" with her BlackBerry. Not everyone thought this was cute, however: Suddenly, one of them jumped up out of the water, "looked me in the eye, roared in fury and tried to bite me."

Shakira scraped her palm on a rock when her brother -- whom she calls "Super Tony" -- barged in to her rescue. It appears the sea lion also retreated into safe waters.

PHOTOS:

Comments

[FransLouis Nel]

03:13 PM on 02/22/2012

i am from south Africa and i don't go to america and try pet a wild bear!!! they are called sea-LIONS for a reason

[toity]

02:55 PM on 02/17/2012

Too bad it missed.

[tierraroja]

01:20 PM on 02/17/2012

Here in Chicago, innocent kids, teenagers and adults are senselessly attacked, injured and often murdered on a daily basis and only a fraction of those tragedies even make local news. Shakira gets bitten by a freakin' Sea Lion and it's all over national and world headlines........sign of the times, indeed.

[Mark Suchan]

01:11 PM on 02/17/2012

I know how she feels, I was attacked by an otter in California.

[OAK STREET MAFIA]

01:09 PM on 02/17/2012

Evidently,the sealion wasnt a huge Shakira fan.

[3daywkend]

11:38 PM on 02/16/2012

I'm shocked there are penguins in South Africa.

[cuteliberalchick]

08:19 PM on 02/16/2012

poor Shakira.

[valgonza08]

12:55 PM on 02/16/2012

Well maybe the sea lion is just not a fan.

[mem60]

10:26 AM on 02/16/2012

I wonder if she was saying, "Here kitty kitty..."

[Kali03]

08:30 AM on 02/16/2012

She is a moron. I still feel sorry for that news anchor who got her face bitten by the dog and needed 70 stitches and this is the same thing. Lack of respect for the animals' boundaries. Shakira got lucky, the news anchor did not. But both of them need to be more careful because in the end, it's the animal that will get put down if things get serious enough. And that's hardly fair if the human end of the equation incited the animal in the first place.

Mm. Mm. Mm.

SMH

[David Daisy May Boldock]

09:29 AM on 02/16/2012

I concur totally :-)

[Patrick Sean Levi]

01:39 AM on 02/16/2012

Really? You wrote this? Really? Go away...

[Bill-H]

08:05 PM on 02/15/2012

I wonder what her hips said to get it mad enough to bite her.

[Umeshu]

06:13 PM on 02/15/2012

Shouldn't be sitting so close to the penguins either!

[theroundearth]

04:47 PM on 02/15/2012

Well.. when i hear someone 'doing a baby talk' around me, I have to control myself hard to not have the same reaction as the sea lion had.

[HHUA]

04:22 PM on 02/15/2012

Wow, she can shake her hips and apparently her (empty) head too. Didn't anyone ever tell this girl not to "feed" or "PET" wild animals?!!!

Earth to Shakira... it's called "WILDLIFE" for a reason!