It was a rainy Sunday in Richmond, New Zealand—a day like any other. Suddenly, a baby seal decided to become a viral star by springing through the door of a craft beer bar called Sprig + Fern The Meadows.

Luckily, as the AP reports, it was all captured on security camera footage. Also, a big round of applause to Associated Press writer Charlotte Graham-McLay, the reporter of this story, for using the word “galumphed” when describing the seals’ locomotion. Top-notch word choice. Truly spectacular.

Co-owner Bella Evans first thought the seal was a dog, because that’s a normal thing to find wandering around a pet-friendly pub. She quickly realized, hopefully not for the first time, that dogs don’t have flippers. She suddenly realized she was in a situation that she was not trained for: how

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