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A Leopard seal lying on sea ice in the Antarctic Sound, near Brown Bluff on Antarctica's Tabarin Peninsula. The first image of the set captures the entire seal, while the second focuses on a well-timed yawn. The penultimate Antarctic predator, second only to the Killer whale.
Articles in which these images appear
Leopard seal, List of mammals of Antarctica
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Godot13


Promoted File:Antarctic Sound-2016-Brown Bluff–Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) 04.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:36, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Antarctic Sound-2016-Brown Bluff–Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) 05.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:36, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]