Deadly Leopard Seal: Undersea Friend or Foe?

[JColt]

Wow, what a set of chopper's!

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[Travis K]

WOW, What a lucky chap to get to experience something so grand and awesome... Beautiful!

 

[DrAce]

Is it just me, or does that Leopard Seal look like some kind of fuzzy dinosaur?

 

[Moltar]

Wow. That is incredibly cool. What a lucky guy, that's truly a once in a lifetime experience. Well, I guess people with jobs like that have plenty of "once in a lifetime" experiences but still... awesome.

 

[Shell]

Wow, that was incredible! Thanks for sharing

My dad had a subscription to National Geographic, as well as boxes of old ones. I used to sit in the walk in closet he kept them in and read constantly. One of my dream jobs growing up was to be a photographer for them.

 

[ametan]

It baffles me that this creature would actually try to care for the cameraman. I wonder how much of a fluke this was?

@DrAce They remind me of big dogs.

 

[codykrr]

Thats was reall neat. Thanks for sharing.

Ace, they remind me more of a waterbased tiger. I never realized how big they were, and the teeth on that thing!

 

[Roski]

Ace, they remind me more of a waterbased tiger. I never realized how big they were, and the teeth on that thing!

Or a water-based leopard?

Beautiful images, thanks for sharing the video!

 

[codykrr]

haha. yeah....

 

[arachnorama]

DrAce, that's what I was thinking too!

Cute, fluffly little dinosaur.

 

[Obelisk]

I was reading about them after hearing about that story. It's pretty cool think that a large carnivore can sprout up from something like a seal.

 

[blacktara]

Saw a couple of these guys on my Antarctic cruise last January

They look like something primordial

Cool critters

 

[ragnew]

Wow, that was pretty crazy! These guys are amazing predators!