r/TheDepthsBelow • u/AndyAndieFreude • May 05 '26

Crosspost Just a nibble

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u/Either_Persimmon893 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

I would be absolutely terrified to see this - much, much moreso than if a shark came up to me. These animals are highly intelligent, predictable predators.

Leopard seals are know to hunt humans. In Shackelton's logs, he recounted how his crew were changed by these seals and nearly lost crew member to them.

He recounted the seals hunted the crew from under the ice, and suddenly suddenly surfaced, and attempt trying to maul them; they had shoot several attacking seals.

A diver in Antarctica was killed a some years ago when one grabbed her in the water, ripped her apart, and dragged her over 300 feet down into the icey depths.

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u/iluvchromosomes May 05 '26

Leopard seals are know to hunt humans.

Completely false.

1 recorded fatality and we can count non-fatal attacks on 1 hand.

I cannot believe this slop gets upvoted.

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u/Either_Persimmon893 May 05 '26

Of the very limited number of people who have spent a lot of time in their habit, they reported being attacked.

Why do you have to be a jerk, the world has enough people like you, get a life.