Pictured: the 12ft leopard seal about to eat penguin
A diver has captured the moment a 12ft leopard seal - with its mouth wide open displaying its two-inch long razor sharp teeth - prepared to lunch on a penguin.The agile leopard seal of Pleneau Island near Port Lockroy Photo: AMOS NACHOUN/BARCROFT
10 Nov 2009
The animal was photographed in the shallows of Antarctica's freezing Southern Ocean.
The agile leopard seal of Pleneau Island near Port Lockroy is part of a group that congregate each year on the Antarctic Peninsula to feed.
The pictures was taken by the underwater photographer Amos Nachoun, a former member of the Israeli special forces, who said: "The leopard seal is a canny operator. He will ambush his prey in a skillful manner by waiting in silence at the bottom of the shallow channels that run along Pleneau Island.
"They will then launch themselves at the unsuspecting penguin and grab hold of its feet.
"Using their immense grip the seal will then hold the penguin under the water until it has drowned."
"They do not like to eat the penguin feathers."
Mr Nachoun said: "We travel for four days from Ushairi on the southern coast of Argentina in a sail boat at the height of the Antarctic summer to get to Pleneau Island."
Source:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6537216/Pictured-the-12ft-leopard-seal-about-to-eat-penguin.html
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