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Joe Kelly’s sea lion selfie is the selfie trump card

It doesn’t get better than a sea lion on your head.

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Joe Kelly of the Cardinals visited the St. Louis Zoo Monday, and because he is an important baseball man and not a regular peasant, he got to hang out with some animals. In doing so, he produced the selfie to conquer all selfies:

“Hey, check out this picture of me in front of the Eiffel Tower.”

“Yeah, but how about me with a sea lion adorably resting its head on my head?”

“Well uhhhh here I am in front of a beautiful sunset.”

“Sea lion though.”

“I took thi--”

“Sea lion.”

“Dammit, Joe.”

via MLB Fan Cave

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