Sometimes life slaps you in the face, and sometimes that slap is a one-hundred pound seal.

During a seal watching tour off the coast of Walvis Bay, Namibia, kayakers on vacation were treated to a passing group of cape fur seals frolicking in the water. Video taken by Mikhail Samon and his wife show the animals jumping in and out of the water until one ill-fated frolic results in a seal colliding with the kayak.

Luckily for the kayaker and the seal, the incident left both relatively unharmed, even though the seals can weigh more than 200 pounds.

Samon, who was paddling behind his wife when the seal made impact with her kayak, remembers the incident as seeming like

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