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BAS > Data > Explore polar data > Images > Antarctic picture galleries > Wildlife pictures > Seal pictures

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Fur Seal bull (Arctocephalus gazella)

An Antarctic fur seal pup, the individual is moulting its black coat, the silvering around the eye is the new adult fur showing through.

Fur seal pup on Bird island.

Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii). Weddell seals are the most southerly of the Antarctic seals, and are normally found on fast ice within sight of land.

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) looking up from the ice floe it is resting on

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) in a wallow on South Georgia. Elephant seals are highly thigmotatic on land and are often found in large groups literally lying on top of each other. They have to come ashore to moult, and it is thought that they may form these groups to reduce heat loss. — A group of seals.

Young Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) wallowing in lagoon backing Dragon Cove beach

An adult male southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) in tussock grass on Bird Island, South Georgia. The enlarged nose is visible, the proboscis acts as a resonator to the sound coming from the throat giving the male a loud roar which is used as a display of status in fights. The upper and lower canines are seen and these are used in fights to bite and slash opponents.

Elephant seal on South Georgia

Crabeater Seal pup (Lobodon carcinophagus). Despite their name Crabeater seals eat krill predominately

Ross Seal on ice

Leopard Seal pup (Hydrurga leptonyx) showing teeth. These seals are solitary and little is known about their behavior or breeding biology. Despite being regarded as ruthless predators of penguins and other seals the main component of their diet is actually krill.

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) seen at Port Lockroy on the Antarctic Peninsula

A leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) in characteristic head up posture whilst resting on an ice floe in Moraine Fjord, Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. These seals are solitary and little is known about their behavior or breeding biology. Despite being regarded as ruthless predators of penguins and other seals the main component of their diet is actually krill.

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