Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) and Snowy Sheathbills (Chinas alba), Antarctic Peninsula

The Weddell seal is a relatively large and abundant true seal (family: Phocidae) with a circumpolar distribution surrounding Antarctica. Weddell seals eat an array of fish, krill, squid, bottom-feeding prawns, cephalopods and crustaceans. – The snowy sheathbill is an omnivore, a scavenger, and a kleptoparasite. It steals krill and fish from penguins and sometimes eats…

  • Produced by:
    Peter Prokosch
  • Year:
    01/12/2016

Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) and Snowy Sheathbills (Chinas alba), Antarctic Peninsula

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