Video of seal playing with butterfly goes viral

Beautiful Kaya fell in love with a butterfly she saw flying near her enclosure. Photo / Facebook

This is the heartwarming moment a seal falls in love with a butterfly.

Kaya is a harbour seal living at Oregon Zoo, in the US, and was mesmerised when she spotted a butterfly flying around near her enclosure.

Footage of the moment the two of them meet for the first time has gone viral because what we need is a lot more of these videos out there.

Oregon Zoo Senior Keeper Micah Reese uploaded the video to Facebook last week.

"Here's something special that made my heart smile today," Reese wrote in his post.

"I walked down to viewing before our next dive to check out our work after cleaning seal exhibit this morning, and I found Kaya playing with her new friend."

The video was shared by Oregon Zoo on Facebook and has since received more than 1.5 million views, probably because it is one of the most adorable things you'll ever see on the internet.

"That is so cute! And she was trying to flap at it with her left arm to get it to move! She was really quite smitten by that little butterfly," a Facebook user commented.