<div><p>There's no shortage of dangers in nature. If you go out into the wild you'll have to be prepared for bear attacks, lion bites and...seal body checks?</p><p>A kayaker off the coast of Namibia in Western Africa might have thought she only had to look out for sharks, but she learned her lesson.</p><p>While enjoying a midday paddle around the picturesque waters, Mikhail Samon and his wife noticed dozens of "porpoising" seals leaping about the water. They decided to take a closer look with Mikhail filming, but they probably didn't know just how close they were about to get.</p><p>When they were in the midst of the seals, one of the curious animals leaped out of the water - straight into Samon's wife.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/kayaker-dailymail.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/kayaker-dailymail_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="Kayaker" alt="Kayaker" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>DailyMail</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>You can hear the pair erupt into laughter after the initial shock of the collision.</p><p>Experts say that seals commonly jump out of water when they want to get a closer look at something. Naturally curious, the seals probably wanted to investigate the kayaks that wandered into their area. </p><p>The Samons seem like they wouldn't have changed a thing.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"Except for wet pants, no damage done," he said. "We all thought the poor creature must have been shocked much harder."</p><p>It certainly makes for a good video, and you can see it all here:</p><amp-iframe sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" layout="responsive" frameborder="0" height="9" width="16" src="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1461281.html?referer=shared"></amp-iframe><p></p></div>