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These are some awesome pictures from Paul Nicklen, who photographed an entire series on Leopard seals for National Geographic. All his photos were taken within five miles of Palmer Station.
posted by Charlie Food @ 8:56 PM
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I hear rubbing yourself down with BBQ sauce before going diving totally keeps the seals away. Or something.
Seriously, is that the penguin's entire spinal column I see being yanked out in the top picture? That's amazing. Leopard seals obviously make great pets if you have a penguin infestation problem.
It looks like something out of the movie Predator. Here's Paul's caption on his picture:
In a death shake, the large female shreds a penguin chick by whipping it from side to side. It took 1/2000 of a second to freeze the action; at the time all I saw was a splash and storm petrels and gulls gathering for scraps.
jeepers!
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