National Geographic Photographer Meets Deadly Leopard Seal - MUST SEE!

[xultar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxa6P73Awcg&feature=player_embedded


Craziest thing, most beautiful, love the story!

[pleah]

1. K&R Very cool! n/t

[hatrack]

2. Absolutely freakin amazing!

To say nothing of those canines - yowza!

[xultar]

3. She did it for 4 days also! AMAZING! Took pitty on his ass.

[hatrack]

7. Poor, helpless, deformed inept leopard seal - I'll give him a flipper!

All I know is better him jumping into the Ross Sea than me.

[mike_c]

4. THAT was awesome!

Wow!

[closeupready]

5. K&R for later.

n/t

[dalaigh lllama]

6. wonder what made him think it'd be safe to be in the water with it in the first place

I mean, it turned out quite interesting, but when he said it took his camera and head in its mouth, well, depends wouldn't be able to handle it....

[xultar]

8. Time to get in the water yah?

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. I thought it was a great story!

But I think the penquins thought it sucked ass.

[xultar]

16. Yeah, I imagine the penguins would rather have had a different ending.

[Larkspur]

18. True, but wild animals don't shop at Price Chopper or Stop & Shop

I find it interesting that we humans keep searching for intelligent life from other worlds, but we refuse to recognize it here on Earth. True, seals don't have our brain power, but the actions of this leopard seal probably would be no different than our ancient ancestors may have had towards strangers who needed their help. This leopard seal was able to test the intentions of an unknown intruder into its territory, gage that the man wasn't a threat to it and then, in its own way, try to help the man by offering it food.

[druidity33]

10. yup, pretty cool. nt.

[kestrel91316]

11. Things in the ocean with teeth scare the bejeebus out of me.

Cool story. Glad it was him taking the risk and not me.

[ixion]

12. amazing story...

thanks for posting!

[sazemisery]

13. NARWAL SIGHTING!!!!!

8 seconds into the video - NARWALS!!!!

[guitar man]

19. Fuck Yeah!!

:rofl:

[Warpy]

14. Fostering another species is pretty common

and exists all over the place. That's one strategy for allowing neborn endangered species the best shot at survival, allowing another animal to foster them.

That's all mama leopard seal was doing, giving the poor human being baby a chance to learn how to survive in the wild.

And yes, it's beautiful.

[ET Awful]

15. Okay, that's an incredible story . . . even though I'm a big fan of penguins

and feel sorry for the poor things.

[xultar]

17. I do too. Nature is fierce.

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Thank you !!! I would have hated to have missed that.

Marvelous....very poignant.

Kicking.

[Vidar]

21. K&R

[shireen]

22. WONDERFUL!!!!

Thank you so much for posting it!

[Toucano]

23. Fascinating. n/t

[tabasco]

24. We must protect this planet for our fellow creatures.

Support environmental groups!

[mainer]

25. What, no sympathy for the poor penguins?

What's wrong with you people?

[BlooInBloo]

26. If the photog had any manners, he would have eaten the penguin...

Imagine the worry mama seal felt!

Awesome vid.

[amborin]

27. poor Penguin! they live such brutal lives!

[TwilightGardener]

28. Really neat story. Gotta feel bad for the penguins, though--just being

plucked one by one like potato chips from a bag, as if the seal was thinking, "How 'bout this one? No? Maybe this one. No? You might like THIS one, it's half-eaten..."

[BrklynLiberal]

29. That truly is amazing.....

[dmr]

30. WOW! Imagine that! Time to get in the water, yah?

Yah! This is one brave man.

I wonder if this seal was so nurturing because she had lost her pup recently.

Wow, just wow! These seals can weigh up to more than 700 pounds!

Poor penguins. (Huge fan of the "March of the Penguins")

[The_Commonist]

31. Cool story...

He should have eaten the penguins.

[Bigmack]

32. Female seal? Fostering maybe? What if it had been a male? nt

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[tavalon]

35. Hey grovelbot, did you see this video?!!!

Most awesome dude!

[tavalon]

34. That was so cool!

Thank you!

[Mari333]

36. very nice! however, I cannot let my grandson see this

his favorite movie is "Happy Feet" and he loves the penguins. :)

[BlancheSplanchnik]

37. Oh! I expected a RashLimpballs in leopard spandex

fencing with a journalist vid.......

:P

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

38. Although I love penguins, I loved this remarkable video. Thank you for posting! :)

[felinetta]

39. Thank you.

[tekisui]

40. Truly amazing.