Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Fierce leopard seal displays its two-inch teeth as it hunts down a penguin

"As any professional photographer will tell you, it can often be hard to get your subject to crack a smile.

However, there was no such problem for Amos Nachoum when he encountered this 12ft leopard seal.

As he bravely edged his camera close to the fearsome predator's face, it obligingly opened its jaws and showed off a fine set of 2in razor-sharp teeth."

"The leopard seal's two-inch teeth look like they are about to take the lens off the camera in this image taken by Amos Nachoun and his team in Antarctica."

"The seal snaps the penguin in its jaws before taking it to the surface and shaking its body to a pulp."
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