{"id":51978,"date":"2017-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/51978\/sporting-beachs-resident-seal-makes-his-summer-2017-debut"},"modified":"2023-08-30T06:11:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:11:09","slug":"sporting-beachs-resident-seal-makes-his-summer-2017-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/51978\/sporting-beachs-resident-seal-makes-his-summer-2017-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting Beach&#8217;s Resident Seal Makes His Summer 2017 Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<i>Main picture courtesy of Johanna Bergman\/Marine Mammals Research Association<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  A video surfaced online today capturing a happy seal swimming along <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/1304\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Sporting Beach Club\u2019s<\/a> shore. After speaking with the management, we learned that this seal, nicknamed \u2018Sporty\u2019 and most probably a Mediterranean Monk Seal, has become somewhat of a mascot for this famous Beirut beach. <br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cHe\u2019s been spotted here every summer for the past few years, and we think that he lives in one of the caves just by the deck of the beach,\u201d we were told by the team at Sporting Club. <br \/>  <br \/>  Watch the video of Sporty below, and let us know if you\u2019ve ever spotted him!<br \/>  <br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fralph.schray%2Fvideos%2F10155381723410879%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=225\" width=\"225\" height=\"400\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main picture courtesy of Johanna Bergman\/Marine Mammals 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