VIDEO: National Geographic photographer recalls remarkable experience while filming a leopard seal underwater in Antarctica

As seen in the video below, leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) are very powerful and very large aquatic marine predators. Attacks on humans are very rare, and in 2003, Kirsty Brown, a British marine biologist, became “the first person . . . to have been killed by a leopard seal” when she “was dragged underwater by the seal while snorkeling near Rothera research station on the Antarctic Peninsula.”

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One thought on “VIDEO: National Geographic photographer recalls remarkable experience while filming a leopard seal underwater in Antarctica

  1. I was lucky enough to hear the interview today on NPR and came right home and made my 3 teens watch it. What an amazing story this was to hear. Thank you for sharing.

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