A New Zealand fur seal surprised a gang of road workers when it emerged from a hedge in Dunedin more than 1km from the sea yesterday.
The 150kg seal then led his would-be rescuers on a merry dance through a succession of backyards, before happily ending up back in the water.
![The fur seal in Andersons Bay. Photo / Otago Daily Times](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/YG3MCWBNZONNID5ULONLIUGM4A.jpg?auth=ab2f47ce65fa02041e5f3e196439cfb81d69e91cfd4e6aed937f7124c9e38666&width=16&height=18&quality=70&smart=true)
The male adult was spotted coming out of a hedge on Spottiswoode St in Andersons Bay about 8.20am, before making its way along Gresham St and ducking down a pathway into No 16.
From there, it travelled through four backyards, before settling on a sunny, daisy-strewn patch of grass under a clothesline in the backyard of 26a Gresham St.