Look what I found on the beach today.

[kundalini]

Very cool shots, especially #2.

Sorry, but Elton didn't write a song titled "Leopard Seal", but a close cousin.....

 

[AnnieHuley]

Cute!

 

[Murray Bloom]

So cute!

 

[The Barbarian]

What a great opportunity. And you made the most of it. Great shooting. I particularly like the second one. Very appealing.

Sleist writes:

Seals are cute until they bite off your hand.

Seals (at least the modern ones) lack the carnassal teeth found in other carnivores, so they can't slice very well. The teeth are modified for grasping and holding.

So puncture, crush bones, tear a little, yes. Bite off hand, no.

 

[sleist]

What a great opportunity. And you made the most of it. Great shooting. I particularly like the second one. Very appealing.

Sleist writes:

Seals are cute until they bite off your hand.

Seals (at least the modern ones) lack the carnassal teeth found in other carnivores, so they can't slice very well. The teeth are modified for grasping and holding.

So puncture, crush bones, tear a little, yes. Bite off hand, no.

Tell that to Buster.

 

[The Barbarian]

Seals always get blamed. I'm thinking shark. But, of course, "loose shark" wouldn't do what "loose seal" does for the story line.