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Beware the dying Leopard Seal

Posted by Aaron Schmidt (Auckland, New Zealand) on 17 July 2006 in Animal & Insect.

We found a leopard seal on the beach of Mount Maunganui. It had been badly injured, multiple cuts and wounds around its body, presumably from some predatory animal out at sea. Although aware of the situation, the DOC (Department of Conservation) did nothing to allieviate the poor seal's suffering. Then again, there probably wasn't much they could do ... unless they wanted to go Canadian style to end the misery.
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Canon EOS REBEL
1/500 second
F/9.0
ISO 200
122 mm