A 1,000-kilogram elephant seal named Neil has smashed fences, blocked roads and dented cars across Tasmania, and his social media fame is now so massive that wildlife officials are begging his fans to leave him alone.
Neil returns to Tasmania's southern coastline twice a year, just like generations of elephant seals before him, after months spent hunting at sea. But this homecoming has turned him into something no other seal has been: a genuine celebrity with a following bigger than the population of the state he calls home.
