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Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophagus), Antarctic Peninsula

The Crabeater seal is a truly Antarctic seal. They are specialist feeders that live mainly on krill. Their habitat is the pack ice, ranging among icebergs and smaller floes.

Year: 2016

From album: Antarctic Biodiversity

Photographer: Peter Prokosch

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