Face-Off With a Deadly Predator

Paul Nicklen describes his most amazing experience as a National Geographic photographer - coming face-to-face with one of the arctic's most vicious predators. LINK: Youtube

“It Was Every Photographer’s Dream”

Leopard seals are aggressive predators, and National Geo photographer Paul Nicklen didn’t quite know what to expect when he slid into the freezing Antarctic water with the largest leopard seal he’d ever seen. The leopard seal took Nicklen’s head and camera into her mouth. But he couldn’t believe what happened next.

Watch this video to find out.

Link, Via: Neatorama

The Friendly Leopard Seal

(image credit: Paul Nicklen/National Geographic)

Paul Nicklen is a photographer for National Geographic Magazine. Over the course of several days last year, he developed a relationship with a 12-foot 1,000 pound leopard seal. She brought him penguins to eat and even tried to teach him how to hunt penguins! The story is told in a multimedia presentation on Nicklen’s work. Link, Via: Neatorama