The Photographer
The Assignment
Leopard seal
Biggest seal
Approaching predator
This is the end!
Threatening?
You are so cute!
What are you doing?
You, poor animal!
This is how you do it!
Just taste it!
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Amazing ZoologyAugust 28, 20161 Mins read819
Leopard seal fell in love with this photographer!
Amazing ZoologyAugust 28, 20161 Mins read819
Leopard seal is an active predator and is the second largest seal in Antarctica. In Pauls own words “When you get in the water with a wild animal, you're essentially giving yourself to that animal because, as humans, we're quite helpless and vulnerable in the water. You're at the seal's mercy. You're at the predator's mercy.”
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Paul Nicklen is a wildlife and nature photojournalist specializing in the Arctic and Antarctica with an emphasis on climate change. Once he was assigned to Antarctica to photograph Leopard Seals. Leopard seal is an active predator and is the second largest seal in Antarctica. In Pauls own words “When you get in the water with a wild animal, you’re essentially giving yourself to that animal because, as humans, we’re quite helpless and vulnerable in the water. You’re at the seal’s mercy. You’re at the predator’s mercy.” Seeing this seal, Paul said to himself “Bloody Hell! That’s the biggest leopard seal I’ve ever seen!” He jumped into the waters to photograph it. When he jumped and swam towards the seal, it was catching a penguin. Seeing Paul, the seal right away dropped the penguin and moved towards him. She opened her mouth and Paul thought it was going to be his end. She opened her mouth, took his head and camera in her mouth and did this threat display. Suddenly, she went off and caught a live penguin and showed it to Paul. She looked amazed and frustrated to see that Paul is not eating anything that she offered. She thought Paul was a useless predator in her ocean and started to feed him by bringing first weak and then dead penguins. Then she showed Paul, how to eat penguins and offered him partially consumed ones. She then started to take penguins and pushed them into his camera. It must have thought that camera was his mouth.
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