Deadly Charm
by Alex Lapidus
Title
Deadly Charm
Artist
Alex Lapidus
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This dapper guy with a charming smile and a gleam in his eye is a leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), a top predator in the Antarctic, taking a quick rest on an ice floe off Gourdin Island before he returns to the hunt. At right is another leopard seal napping, and the birds are brown skuas (Stercorarius antarcticus).
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September 30th, 2019
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Comments (17)
Sarah Irland
What a wonderful photograph, Alex! What a great capture - this seal's expression is priceless!