Leopard seal
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The leopard seal, also referred to as the sea leopard, is a long and muscular seal native to the Southern Ocean of Antarctica and southern Patagonia. It is the second largest species of seal in the An
Antarctic Sound 2016 Brown Bluff–Leopard seal 04
The skull of the leopard seal
A leopard seal resting on ice
A leopard seal displaying its teeth
Crabeater seal
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The crabeater seal, also known as the krill-eater seal, is a true seal with a circumpolar distribution around the coast of Antarctica. They are the only member of the genus Lobodon. They are medium- t
Leopard seal
…It uses its hearing and whiskers to track prey underwater. It is the only species in the genus Hydrurga. Its closest relatives are the Ross seal, the crabeater seal, and the Weddell seal, which are all Antarctic seals of the tribe Lobodontini. Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, a French zoologist, described the…
Lobodon carcinophagus on sea ice
Illustration of the skull
Young individual
With visible scars on the neck