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Leopard seal

The leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), also referred to as the sea leopard, is a long and muscular seal native to the Southern Ocean of Antarctica and southern Patagonia. It is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic (after the southern elephant seal). It is the same length as, but half the weight of, a walrus. Its fur coat is countershaded…

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related to General references · 23
Leopard seal → Academic Press, Cutler Cleveland, Deadly Beauty, Earth, Encyclopedia, Heacox, Hydrurga, In Perrin, ISBN, Kim, Marine Mammals, Michael Hogan, National Geographic, NCSE, November, Peter, Rogers, The, Thewissen, Topic
related to Relationships with humans · 21
Leopard seal → Antarctic, Canadian-British, Examples, Frank Wild, Gareth Wood, He, His, However, In, Leopard, Most, On, Orde-Lees, September, Simon's Town, Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial, South Africa, Spaniard Rock, The, Thomas Orde-Lees
related to Death of Kirsty Brown · 19
Leopard seal → Antarctica, British Antarctic Survey, Brown, Brown's, Burt, Furthermore, In, It, Kirsty Brown, Professor Boyd, Professor Ian Boyd, Richard Burt, Rothera Research Station, She, South Cove, St Andrews, The, This, University
related to Conservation · 16
Leopard seal → Additional, Antarctic, Antarctic Seals, Because, CCAS, Conservation, Convention, Hunting, IUCN, Least Concern, Marine Mammals Protection Act, Nature, New Zealand, Seals, The, The International Union
related to Acoustic behavior · 12
Leopard seal → Adult, Conversely, Each, In, January, Leopard, November, Scientists, The, Their, These, While
related to Breeding-habits · 12
Leopard seal → Antarctic, December, Females, However, In, January, Leopard, Mating, Most, Since, The, Vocalization
related to history · 12
Leopard seal → At, Blainville, Falkland Islands, Five, French, Hauville, He, Henri Marie Ducrotay, Le Havre, Phoca, The, This
related to Behavior · 10
Leopard seal → Adults, Adélie, Ross, SLDRs, TDRs, These, They, This, Using, Weddell
related to External links · 10
Leopard seal → Best Wildlife Photos, Face-off, Leopard Seal Archived, Leopard Seal Pass, Marine, National Geographic, Sea, Underwater World, Wayback Machine, Winner
related to Captivity · 8
Leopard seal → After, Australian, Brooke, Casey, In, Sabine, The Taronga Zoo, These

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leopard seal seals antarctic hydrurga leptonyx prey long species krill also around ice pup male water pups southern blainville antarctica

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Leopard sealis aapex predator0.90text
the crabeater sealinstance ofThis characteristic is shared with the other species in the tribe Lobodontini0.80text
and is the trait that gives the tribe its name.Asinstance ofThis characteristic is shared with the other species in the tribe Lobodontini0.80text
Weddellinstance ofthough they also prey on other seal species0.80text
crabeaterinstance ofthough they also prey on other seal species0.80text
Rossinstance ofthough they also prey on other seal species0.80text
young southern elephant sealsinstance ofthough they also prey on other seal species0.80text
and fur seal pups..mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinnerinstance ofthough they also prey on other seal species0.80text
the diving petrelinstance ofsouthern elephant seal pups and petrels0.80text
Leopard sealrelated to Acoustic behaviorLeopard0.60section
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