article_snippet.sent: This is the moment when a not-so-little baby elephant seal emerged from the sea to give a surprised tourist one big cuddle.
article_snippet.sent: Charlene Fritz, 35, was visiting  Snow Hill Island in the Antarctic Peninsula as part of an expedition when she made an unusual friend on the beach.
article_snippet.sent: Despite being no more than two months old, the elephant seal pup is still thought to have weighed around 200lbs, and Ms Fritz had a struggle sitting upright.
article_snippet.sent: The two-month-old baby seal is thought to have been no more than two months old, but at a whopping 200lbs, Ms Fritz Ms Fritz still struggled to reciprocate the hug .
article_snippet.sent: Making friends: Ms Fritz had the surprise of a lifetime when The two-month-old baby seal came out of the water for a cuddle during an expedition to Snow Hill Island in the Antarctic Peninsula the Antarctic Peninsula .
article_snippet.sent: Elephant seal pups are abandoned by Elephant seal pups mothers at just one month to learn how to take care of Elephant seal pups .
article_snippet.sent: Charlene, from Saskatchewan, Canada, said: 'The two-month-old baby seal climbed on top of me without hesitation.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Fritz explains that she badly wanted to hug the baby seal, but that regulations on the Antarctic expedition dictated that she in no way touch the pup . '
article_snippet.sent: Sweet moment in time': Ms Fritz described the seal pup's eyes as being 'like the deepest depths of the sea' Crushing: Ms Fritz struggles to sit upright under the weight of the 200lbs baby elephant seal .
article_snippet.sent: Two young elephant selas have a rest on the shore of Snow Hill Island, Antarctic Peninsula .
article_snippet.sent: Charlene, whose 2011 encounter with the seal was filmed by a friend, had at first wondered why the seal was so friendly but later learned about the harsh weaning process.
article_snippet.sent: However, an encounter with a full-grown elephant would have been a different prospect.
highlights_snippet.sent: The two-month-old baby seal came up for a hug on Antarctic Peninsula .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Despite being a pup, The two-month-old baby seal is believed to have weighed 200lbs .
  