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Date Taken:

June 19, 2022

Photograph By:

Dan Costa

License Type:

Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Crabeater seals have serrated teeth help them capture their prey - krill. They do not eat crabs and instead feed almost entirely on Antarctic krill. The seals feed by swimming through schools of krill with their mouths open. After trapping both krill and water in its mouth, the seal locks its jaw and sieves the water out.

Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal and are found all the way around Antarctica on the pack ice.

This photo was taken under National Marine Fisheries Service permit number 25770.

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Crabeater, Creative Commons, Marine Biology, NSF, SOLAS

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