#lobodon

[every-day-creechur]

Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophaga

Also known as the krill-eater seal, is a true seal with a circumpolar distribution around the coast of Antarctica. found primarily on the free-floating pack ice that extends seasonally out from the Antarctic coast, which they use as a platform for resting, mating, social aggregation and accessing their prey. They are by far the most abundant seal species in the world. The crabeater seal does not eat crabs.

Least Concern

image by laravdp

[snototter]

A crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) surfaces in Antarctica

by Robbin Merritt

[the-faunal-frontier]

Lobodon carcinophagus - Crabeater Seal

[motivum]

Bros On the Floe by uncle_shoggoth on Flickr.