A New Zealand man who skewered a jeopardized ocean lion says they did it to ensure their accomplice, including: “It needed a stab. It will live.”

Matt Kraemer posted on Facebook that they and their accomplice were jumping for paua – a sort of abalone – on Friday when they experienced an “particularly aggressive” ocean lion with “lion-sized jaws.”

“It actually climbed out of the water and threatened to attack on the beach,” Kraemer, who lives in the South Island city of Dunedin, said in the Facebook post. “I had to stab it with a spear to defend my terrified dive buddy!”

“This was no ordinary playful sea lion. I poked it lots of times with no effect, it needed a stab. It will live.”

Kraemer’s accomplice, Jo Kraemer, disclosed that the ocean lion was more than 2 meters (6.6 foot) long, and kept on charging at them forcefully as they attempted to swim away.

“I am aware that it is an endangered animal and we were in its habitat, and that free diving in the ocean is dangerous. We did not intend to hurt it, we just needed it to leave us alone so we could exit the water safely,” they said.

In a Facebook remark on their accomplice’s post, they said that they was “a bit scared to go back in now to be honest.”

“It was scary,” they said. “Matt was just defending me. He had been very tolerant up to that point.”

Matt Kraemer composed on Facebook that the cut injury, which was made in “self defense,” was about 8mm (33% of an inch) wide and 30mm (1.2 inches) profound.

New Zealand ocean lions are one of the rarest ocean lion species on the planet, with an expected 12,000 remaining. Under neighborhood law, any individual who murders an ocean lion could look as long as two years in jail or a fine of up to 250,000 New Zealand dollars ($168,000).

New Zealand Police said Friday’s occurrence was not under scrutiny.

New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC) said it couldn’t remark on Friday’s occurrence.

Be that as it may, DOC biodiversity officer Jim Fyfe said people and ocean lions would in general translate each other’s practices in an unexpected way, which could prompt “cross-species misunderstandings.”

“There’s a risk of imposing our own biases and fears when they’re not actually justified,” they told in an announcement. “Sea lions need space … they are not trying to attack humans, but want to protect their space.”

New Zealand Sea Lion Trust – a non-benefit association that advances the preservation of the creatures – said in an explanation that it was “never OK to harm a sea lion because you’re scared.”

“While we can appreciate that this individual was scared and felt he was acting defensively, none of the behaviors demonstrated by the sea lion suggest aggression to us,” the trust’s chairwoman Jordana Whyte said in a Facebook post. “We do not condone this man’s response to typical curious sea lion engagement, though we do have empathy for how frightened he was.”

Whyte revealed that ocean lions are curious, and frequently utilize their mouths to investigate jumpers’ bodies. They said that it was significant for people to figure out how to connect with ocean lions, and included that there were just around 300 of the animals on territory New Zealand.

The trust said individuals who experience an ocean lion in the water ought to disregard them and attempt to remain quiet. “At the end of the day, you’re in their house,” the announcement said.

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