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Leopard Seal

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 Leopard Seal Facts
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Phocidae
Genus: Hydrurga
Scientific Name: Hydrurga Leptonyx
Type: Mammal
Diet: Carnivore
Size: 2.4-3.2m (7.9-10.5ft)
Weight: 200-591kg (440-1,300lbs)
Top Speed: 29km/h (18mph)
Lifespan: 20-24 years
Lifestyle: Herd
Conservation Status: Threatened
Colour: Grey, Black
Skin Type: Fur
Favourite Food: Penguin
Habitat:  Cold waters of the southern hemisphere
Average Litter Size: 1
Main Prey: Penguin, Fish, Squid
Predators: Human, Sharks, Killer Whale
Special Features: Spot-patterned fur and long, sharp teeth

 The leopard seal is the second biggest types of seal on the planet (behind the elephant seal) with some female leopard seals developing to 3.5 m long! The bull leopard seal (male panther seal) is for the most part littler than the female leopard seal with extensive guys developing to around 3 meter. The leopard seal is local to the solidified waters of the Antarctic but at the same time is found toward the north in the hotter atmospheres. leopard seals are regularly observed close South America, South Africa, New Zealand and around the south shoreline of Australia frequently in the hotter waters that are in closeness of the solidified oceans which the leopard seal flourishes.

The leopard seal is a predominant predator in its condition and is infrequently gone after by different creatures except for human seekers, the periodic edgy shark or executioner whale. The leopard seal eats krill and tiny fish in the water yet the leopard seals want to chase bigger fish and squid. leopard seals have additionally been known to every so often chase much bigger creatures, for example, penguins. Leopard seal can live for over 25 years, with this frequently relying upon the measure of the leopard seal and the aptitudes of the leopard seal, the extent that chasing goes. Leopard seals are to a great degree overwhelming and forceful predators in their condition.

Like different types of seal, the leopard seal utilizes its rear appendages so as to push the leopard seal through the water. Leopard seals have additionally created solid front appendages that assistance the leopard seal to be more dexterous in the water. The manner by which the leopard seal utilizes its front appendages in conjunction with its rear appendages, is fundamentally the same as the manner by which seal lions move about. The Leopard Seal is a singular creature with the leopard seals just meeting up in little gatherings when the time has come to mate. The female leopard seal delves herself a gap in the ice and the leopard seal little guy is conceived after a growth time of around 9 months, amid the Antarctic mid year. The female leopard seal weans and ensures her leopard seal little guy until the point when the leopard seal puppy is sufficiently enormous and sufficiently solid to have the capacity to fight for itself.
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