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The pup was found by a surprised homeowner after it was thought to have taken a wrong turn while searching for food.

A feisty young seal pup is recovering after his sense of adventure got the better of him.

The pup, believed to be about three weeks old, was found four miles from sea after apparently taking a wrong turn.

He was found in the garden of a home in Terrington St Clements, Norfolk, on Wednesday morning by a shocked homeowner who called the RSPCA.

Animal collection officer Naemi Kilbery said she was so surprised by the call that she was "wondering if there had been a misunderstanding" but when she arrived she saw the seal was indeed miles from his usual habitat.

"We think that possibly he may have travelled up a drainage system and that's how he ended up where he was, but the water system only literally had two inches of water in it, so this poor pup must have just kept trying to travel further and further down in the hope of finding water or food," she said.

"He was an incredibly feisty little fella and it took all my strength to catch and rescue him, but it would have been his spirit and fight for life, that would have kept him alive during his ordeal."

She said the pup could have died of starvation but he is now recovering at an RSPCA centre.

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The pup was found by a surprised homeowner after it was thought to have taken a wrong turn while searching for food.

A feisty young seal pup is recovering after his sense of adventure got the better of him.

The pup, believed to be about three weeks old, was found four miles from sea after apparently taking a wrong turn.

He was found in the garden of a home in Terrington St Clements, Norfolk, on Wednesday morning by a shocked homeowner who called the RSPCA.

Animal collection officer Naemi Kilbery said she was so surprised by the call that she was "wondering if there had been a misunderstanding" but when she arrived she saw the seal was indeed miles from his usual habitat.

"We think that possibly he may have travelled up a drainage system and that's how he ended up where he was, but the water system only literally had two inches of water in it, so this poor pup must have just kept trying to travel further and further down in the hope of finding water or food," she said.

"He was an incredibly feisty little fella and it took all my strength to catch and rescue him, but it would have been his spirit and fight for life, that would have kept him alive during his ordeal."

She said the pup could have died of starvation but he is now recovering at an RSPCA centre.

news.sky.com/story/baby-seal-takes-wrong-turn-and-ends-up-in-back-garden-four-miles-from-sea-11589233

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