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Despite the common name of the species, the crabeater seal does not feed on crabs (the few crab species in its range are mostly found in very deep water [19]). Rather, it is a specialist predator on Antarctic krill ( Euphausia superba ), which comprise over 90% of the diet. [ 2 ]
All lobodontine seals have circumpolar distributions surrounding Antarctica. They include both the world's most abundant seal (the crabeater seal) and the only predominantly mammal-eating seal (the leopard seal). While the Weddell seal prefers the shore-fast ice, the other species live primarily on and around the off-shore pack ice. Thus ...
All six Antarctic seals can be found here, the two fur seals, leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus)). The fur seals and southern elephant seal breed in the region, and are increasing in numbers now that seal-hunting has ...
The ocean is an incredible place. Although more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water, there is still so much we don't know about its depths.
These seals, found in Antarctica’s Erebus Bay, live in rapidly changing environments. They can weigh up to 1,320 pounds, or four times as much as a giant panda. They can weigh up to 1,320 pounds ...
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The Bloody Marsh was found off the coast of South Carolina while the NOAA researchers were mapping the ocean floor as part of the Windows to the Deep 2021 expedition.
The sea floor, once a mosaic of colorful corals, is now marred by patchy white splotches. "I think this is the worst bleaching we've seen yet," Gonzalez told five fellow scientists, hoisting ...