Leopard Seals Are Straight Out Of Your Nightmares

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Animalogic Created by Dylan Dubeau and Andrew Strapp
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Examining the nature of the beast.

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[MrWaspMan]

Ah, yes. The default antagonist of every talking penguin movie. These guys are like the crocodiles of the antarctic.

[daniell]

I like the story of the seal trying to "teach" the photographer how to hunt. That sounds really adorable.

[Tiffany_]

As a penguin I whole heartedly agree with this accurate depiction

[dianacryer]

It’s that neck and the shape of heir mouth that is terrifying. They almost look like eels with flippers.

[Babesinthewood]

No it's not a bad animal. Apparently it can be concerned for other's wellbeing. An photographer was diving with his camera on the arctic and a leopard seal interpreted him as some kind of sea animal and the seal proceeded to try and feed him! When he didn't eat (the camera being his alleged mouth) the seal became visibly concerned for him and tried to help him eat. That was so very very sweet, I think. I know they eat other seals or penguins or whatever, but everyone has to eat.

[mastergecko]

Leopard seal in water: Cruise missile with teeth.

Leopard seal on land: Me after thanksgiving.

[dinomation]

Nice to see I’m not the only person terrified of leopard seals.

[esmi]

I think the fact that Orcas are its' only known predators in the wild speaks volumes about the leopard seal, lmao.

[joshuavaldivieso]

The way the leopard seal, thrashes it’s pretty in an arc format by thrashing, reminds of when crocs thrash their prey and do the death roll to get chunks of flesh out

[joshuapatrick]

Everyone’s gangsta til the Orca shows up….all I’m gonna say.

[Nation]

As a Leopard Seal, these facts are true. Thank you for spreading this information
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[Kinsman]

They’re terrifying and cute simultaneously.

[brigidtheirish]

That size comparison to Kodiak bears reminded be that as much as we joke about seals being sea-puppies, they're *much* more closely related to bears.

[sle]

It's actually amazing how animals can survive in such cold environments

[RhenoRose]

True.Treating those predators with respect and awareness is both significantly necessary. THANK YOU.

[sincerelytrudy]

Immediately thought of the Kirsty Brown incident… RIP

[Hehe..]

This feels like a really close analogue to mosasaurs.

[terramater]

Hi friends, great video; leopard seals are incredible! Our crew recently filmed another threat that leopard seals suffer: the decreasing number of krill. Even though we always connect Antarctica with whales, penguins and seals, they all depend on krill. You even said how leopard seals filter krill with their teeth. But our team wanted to show how this tiny animal that keeps the whole ecosystem working is in danger. Not only because of climate change, but also because we spent decades harvesting them.

[therealspeedwagon]

There’s a reason why the leopard seal is the villain in every single penguin movie.