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 ...

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

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 ...

Researchers have noted they tend to eat more crabeater seal pups in November, for example, as they grow in availability, while leopard seals forage more krill during late September as well as March.

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. ...

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.

But the leopard seal has a counter move. - The leopard seal's now hiding in this channel that's been left in the ice. - The killer whales stopped to assess the situation.

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.

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 ...