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Crabeater seals can raise their heads and arch their backs while on ice, and they are able to move quickly if not subject to overheating. Crabeater seals exhibit scarring either from leopard seal attacks around the flippers or, for males, during the breeding season while fighting for mates around the throat and jaw. [3]
English: Crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus), native to the coast of Antarctica. The seal species feed on krill (Antarctic shrimp species). Adult animals are up to 3 meters long and weigh up to 200 kilograms.
English: Crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus), native to the coast of Antarctica. The seal species feed on krill (Antarctic shrimp species). Adult animals are up to 3 meters long and weigh up to 200 kilograms. Seen near the Almirante Brown Station.
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 ...
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A crabeater is an animal species that feeds on crabs. It may refer to: Cobia, a species of fish which also is commonly called crabeater; Crabeater seal, a species of seal; Crabeater gull, also known as Olrog's gull; Crab-eating fox, a canid species; Crab-eating raccoon, a raccoon species; Crab-eating mongoose, a mongoose species; Crab-plover, a ...