The front flippers of leopard seals, which belong to the true seals or phocids, are much larger than in other species of the same taxonomic family. Photo: Julia Hager Seals are mammals that live (almost exclusively) in the sea and are perfectly adapted to the water...
What we land dwellers get to see of seals is only a fraction of their lives: Seals are at home in the sea and are optimally adapted to life in the water. If the beautiful Sedna had not resisted her father’s wish to marry her off to a black raven, there would be...
Leopard selas are massive animals with a length of almost 3 meters and an average weight of 350 kilos. While they only rest on the ice and on land, they spend most of their time in the water and are fast and agile hunters with a wide range of prey. In the summer,...