Teeth dont lie: Shakiras close call with sea lion

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Shakira poses with kinder South African critters penguins in a photo she posted Sunday.

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Updated: February 14, 2012 9:29PM

On a trip to Africa to see wild animals, Shakira got her wish and then some when she found herself fleeing from a rampaging sea lion.

The Colombian superstar says the scare happened when she approached the animals at waters edge in Cape Town, South Africa.

Suddenly, one of them jumped out of the water so fast and impetuously that it got about one foot away from me, looked me in the eye, roared in fury and tried to bite me, she wrote on Facebook.

Paralyzed by fear, she was rescued when her brother jumped over me and literally saved my life, taking me away from the beast.

Shakira theorized that the sea lion mistook her BlackBerry for a fish and didnt want it taken away.

Now Im off to see some penguins! the singer wrote. I hope they are a bit more friendly!

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