Killer Whale Stalks a Weddell Seal (IMAGE)

NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

Killer Whale Stalks a Weddell Seal

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A Killer Whale circles an ice floe with a resting Weddell seal off the western Antarctic Peninsula. Researchers found the killer whales hunting in pack ice (pack ice killer whales) preferred Weddell seals to all other available prey.

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Robert Pitman/NOAA

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