Russian fishing boat finds an enormous surprise in their fishing net

What a pleasant surprise.
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Brian Koerber
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Cast a net into the ocean and you're bound to come up with a few surprises.

A Russian fishing boat recently reeled in a large catch, but it wasn't exactly the fish they were hoping for.

The clip, uploaded to Live Leak on Monday, shows the boat pulling a large net filled with small fish aboard. But as the net is emptied, a happy and very full sea lion is revealed, surrounded by thousands of fish.

It takes the fisherman a little time to convince the surprise catch, but eventually the sea lion reluctantly jumps back into the water, leaving the safety and plethora of fish on the boat behind.

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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