Baby seal caught on video in New Zealand bar

A baby seal was caught on video waddling into a bar New Zealand bar. It wandered around for a while before being rescued.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A seal walked into a bar. Or to use a technical term, it galumphed.

The creature was apparently lost, curious and well below New Zealand’s legal drinking age. It lodged itself under the dishwasher and showed no interest in calling a cab.

It was a wet, lazy Sunday evening when the baby fur seal waddled into the Sprig+Fern The Meadows craft beer bar in Richmond, at the top of New Zealand’s South Island. Accustomed to seeing animals in the pet-friendly bar, co-owner Bella Evans assumed the visitor was a dog before she took a closer look.

“Everyone was in shock,” Evans said. “Oh my gosh. What do we do? What’s going on?”

Security footage shows a seal entering the Sprig+Fern The Meadows bar in Richmond, New Zealand, on Nov. 30.Sprig + Fern The Meadows / via APA patron grabbed a sweater and tried to usher the seal out of the back door. Evading its pursuers, the creature dashed into a restroom and then hid under the dishwasher, which was swiftly unplugged.