Video: Seal pup struggles to escape from lobster pot
The pup - named Houdini by staff at the Scottish Seabird Centre in East Lothian - struggled for an hour to free itself amid crashing waves as its mother looked on.
The incident took place on Tuesday on the Isle of May, a nature reserve five miles off the coast of Fife in the Firth of Forth.
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Hide AdVisitors and staff at the centre could only watch as the footage was beamed back via a live CCTV connection - and online to viewers around the world.
Although Houdini did escape (not shown in the above footage), it is not known if it is still alive, as the body of a young pup was later seen next to the same spot.