Tazing Gropers with a Baby Seal

It might look cute and pink, but this baby seal is actually conceived as a defensive weapon. Yes, this sounds as strange as hearing President Bush giving a speech on terrorism, but then again the Chinese who manufactured it don't care about Mr. Bush.

Obviously, this contraption is aimed at young women who get groped on the subway or on the bus and who want to teach the pervs a good electrifying lesson. The working principle is simple. You just have to push open the seal's tail, which exposes two contacts, and press the device against the aggressor's hand and zap. He (or she, you never know these days) will receive a "nasty" electric shock of 195 volts and 0.3 milliamps.

There are two major problems with this product. First of all, if the aggressor is moving fast, I doubt you will be running after him to taze him with the baby seal and second of all, the 0.3 milliamp charge is way too low to inflict any serious electric shock.

If you are really serious about not letting sick people touching your behind or any other part of your curvaceous body (just kidding here), you should get one of these. The Anti-Violence Electrode Shock Gun means real business and can shoot paint bullets, rubber bullets (15 meters range) and pepper spray (5 meters range). It can also spit probe cartridges (similar to those found in a Taser gun) that can zap victims with a 30 KV electronic pulse (3 meters range).

Sure, it doesn't look nice and pink, but trust me on this: the relentless male will think twice before touching his own ass after an encounter with that thing.

However, if you absolutely want a pink thingie to give the attacker a pinch of electricity, then the $14 baby seal is the right device for you, provided that you can purchase it from the Japanese site.

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