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Young Seal
Deception Island. South Shetlands. Off Antarctic Pennisula. Telefon Bay.
There were two very young seals laying on the beach at Telefon Bay. The expedition team had put up flags or other markers indicating we were not to get within perhaps 20 feet of them. They did not seem to mind that we were there.
I believe this is a crabeater seal. If it is indeed a crabeater seal (and the other one was indeed a leopard seal), that may be odd because leopard seals eat crabeater seals (and these were only about 10-15 feet apart). However, I suspect the "eating" is done while both are in the water. Also, I suspect the eating is done by seals larger than the leoapard seal here, and the eaten ones are smaller than crabeater seal here.
(26 Nov 2010)
