A wayward seal has been captured after an early morning foray through the town of Southampton in Suffolk County.
The Southampton Town Police Department said they received a call at approximately 6:30 a.m.
Sunday from a person who saw the roving mammal, later identified as a phocid, or earless seal, in the parking lot of a beverage store near the Peconic River in Riverhead.The seal attempted to flee southwest toward a motel but eventually was corralled and taken into custody.
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