Kathy: I have agreed with a lot of what you have said but have to call you on this one. It is almost impossible to drink bottled water with seals, intact or otherwise. They just won't do it. Beer, yes, a seal will drink beer from a bottle, but not gracefully and they are really sloppy drunks, so I don't think that is a good idea either. Plus it is illegal in some places to give beer to a seal.
Maybe you were thinking of sea lions? Perhaps a sea lion would drink water from a bottle, but I doubt it and am not going to try. Well, maybe I would have a drink with a young one, but adult sea lions are big and always seem grumpy. I am not going to have a drink with an adult sea lion, whether it is water or something else.
Oh, wait, I think I read your post wrong. Never mind.