When Jenn Ross returned to her New Zealand home to find a few buckets out of place in the garage, she thought the family cat, Coco, might have brought in a bird. Instead she found a seal in the hall. The young animal had got through two cat flaps to enter the house in Mt Maunganui, about 150m from the sea – probably in pursuit of Coco the cat. Ms Ross’ marine biologist husband Phil was unfortunately the only member of the family not at home at the time. He told the BBC he regretted missing his chance to shine, saying: “The big joke is that this is probably the one family emergency where it would be useful to have a marine biologist, and I wasn’t there.” After posing for some photos, the seal – nicknamed Oscar – was collected by the Department of Conservation and returned to the sea. Mr Ross said it was likely to be around 10 months old, and likened it to a “teenager”.(BBC)…[+]