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Starving seal passed around for selfies returns to the sea after heartwarming recovery
Chronicle Live shows rescuers releasing Stanley and another seal Wallace, who was rescued from Northumberland, back into the water of Whitley Bay on Saturday, November 28.Big crowds are seen watching from a distance while animal carers carry them in a cage to the beachfront.They open the cage to let the seals get out and head towards the water, and the pair take some time to actually dip their flippers into the sea.It was a touching moment for some of the nurses who had been taking care of Stanley.Sussanah Lovick-Earle, displays supervisor at Tynemouth Aquarium, said: "I was a bit unsure they wanted to go back into the cold North Sea."They really did need a bit of encouragement - but they got there in the end."Everyone does get a bit