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Your support makes all the difference.A plucky seal threw caution to the wind on Valentine's Day for a shot at romance with a passing dog on the beach.
After a tentative approach yielded a quick nose rub, the pair went their separate ways.
The brief encounter was caught on camera by Wendy Pike as she walked along Scarborough Beach with her daughter.
The canine in question was enthralled, she said, adding: “It was magnificent."
The pairing was not as outlandish as it could have been however. Seals and dogs come from the same group of animals known as caniformes- which literally means dog-like.
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