The Photographer
![Paul Nicklen is a wildlife and nature photojournalist specializing in the Arctic and Antarctica with an emphasis on climate change.](https://amazingzoology.com/images/1-Paul-Nicklen-Leopard-Seal.jpg)
The Assignment
![Once he was assigned to Antarctica to photograph Leopard Seals.](https://amazingzoology.com/images/2-Paul-Nicklen-Leopard-Seal.jpg)
Leopard seal
![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.”](https://amazingzoology.com/images/3-Paul-Nicklen-Leopard-Seal.jpg)
Biggest seal
![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.](https://amazingzoology.com/images/4-Paul-Nicklen-Leopard-Seal.jpg)
Approaching predator
![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.](https://amazingzoology.com/images/5-Paul-Nicklen-Leopard-Seal.jpg)
This is the end!
![She opened her mouth and Paul thought it was going to be his end.](https://amazingzoology.com/images/6-Paul-Nicklen-Leopard-Seal.jpg)
Threatening?
![She opened her mouth, took his head and camera in her mouth and did this threat display.](https://amazingzoology.com/images/7-Paul-Nicklen-Leopard-Seal.jpg)
You are so cute!
![Suddenly, she went off and caught a live penguin and showed it to Paul.](https://amazingzoology.com/images/8-Paul-Nicklen-Leopard-Seal.jpg)
What are you doing?
![She looked amazed and frustrated to see that Paul is not eating anything that she offered.](https://amazingzoology.com/images/9-Paul-Nicklen-Leopard-Seal.jpg)
You, poor animal!
![She thought Paul was a useless predator in her ocean and started to feed him by bringing first weak and then dead penguins.](https://amazingzoology.com/images/10-Paul-Nicklen-Leopard-Seal.jpg)
This is how you do it!
![Then she showed Paul, how to eat penguins and offered him partially consumed ones.](https://amazingzoology.com/images/11-Paul-Nicklen-Leopard-Seal.jpg)
Just taste it!
![She then started to take penguins and pushed them into his camera. It must have thought that camera was his mouth.](https://amazingzoology.com/images/12-Paul-Nicklen-Leopard-Seal.jpg)
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