Neil the Seal is back – bigger and badder than ever. Now weighing about 1,000kg, the five-year-old southern elephant seal has in recent days emerged from the Southern Ocean and quickly resumed his role as Tasmania’s least cooperative resident. The flippered internet celebrity, with more than 1.4 million followers on TikTok, has a documented history of obstructing roads, occupying front yards and treating public infrastructure as toys or sparring partners.