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But last month off the coast of Southern California, the ocean turned hostile after a sea lion lunged at him, bit him and dragged him off his board.

Several weeks later a large brown bear was captured on video running through the centre of the nearby town of Liptovsky Mikolas in broad daylight, bounding past cars and lunging at people on the pavement.

Experts advise people not to interact with animals believed to be sick because they might aggressively lunge or even bite.

He says the dog kept lunging for Lydia and in a frantic effort to stop it mauling his daughter, he had to "lie on top of it".

But experts advise people not to interact with animals believed to be sick because, without warning, they might aggressively lunge or even bite.