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| Paul Nicklen |
Wow, this video really shows the yin and yang of Mother Nature; the natural order, I suppose. It depicts the story of a National Geographic contributing photographer on location in Antarctica, swimming with and filming leopard seals. As Paul Nicklen explains, his 4-day adventure in the frozen habitat started with a very large female leopard seal swimming up to him and engulfing his camera and his head in her mouth!
Though these creatures are vicious predators, she wasn't trying to eat or attack the man, she was simply trying to intimidate him. And as you can imagine, it worked! Every limb was shaking uncontrollably when he tried to take a calm 'stance' before the giant. The four days that followed his inauspicious first moments in the water can only be described as astonishing. The same seal kept returning to interact with him and that Man vs. Beast exchange is MUST SEE YouTube watching for nature fan. You can click my YouTube link or the Gizmodo.com link below, where I first read the story.
