Individual leopard seals specialize in specific prey types despite being generalist species, reshaping ecosystem dynamics.

Leopard seals are the only seal species known to actively prey on other seals, taking pups of crabeater, Weddell, Ross, southern elephant and Antarctic fur seals. Extensive predation by leopard seals ...

A penguin that had escaped a leopard seal took a boat ride with a group of tourists back to an iceberg. Tourist expedition guide and photographer Vladimir Seliverstov, 50, captured the moment an ...

How to Survive explains how to escape a leopard seal in Arctic waters by understanding its behavior and using quick, strategic actions to evade attack. They provide tips for staying calm and ...

The penguin who arrived in Australia did not seem to have been flummoxed too much by its new surroundings, even when finding itself on a beach with surfers, instead of sea ice. The penguin ...

The male leopard seal produced 65 underwater calls, primarily low- and high-double trills, directed at the female. The female made seven in-air calls, including thump pulses, noseblasts and growls.

The seal would not feed during captivity, but it was noticed that she drank large quantities of sea water on being placed in the ocean. Nature - Observations on the Newly Born Leopard Seal Skip to ...

Leopard Seal Behavior. ... since the jaws of leopard seals are so powerful that they can literally “flay a penguin by shaking it so violently its skin peels off,” as the photographer writes. ...

A curious leopard seal, a big cat chilling like a house cat, and a hawk's evening meal. By Popular Science Team. Published Oct 12, 2024 8:03 AM EDT.

They also accelerate and porpoise just as they’re leaving their colonies on a feeding mission, and when they’re approaching their colonies on the return journey. These are the critical times when a ...