How can you not love that face!
A beautiful dog-like face from an agile pinniped (seal) known as an Antarctic Fur Seal, which if you have met one on a shoreline in the Southern Ocean you might not think they are in fact cute. These mammals can be quite playful but they can also be quite aggressive and territorial when it comes to other animals and humans when on shore.
They do have a nasty habit of charging people on the beach and when a 200kg plus animal charges you at high speed, it is absolutely intimidating and overall, it can be incredibly scary. However, raise up your hands and 'call the animals bluff' and it doesn't do anything more than stop a metre/a few feet away from you, turns around and walks and at times runs away.
The face of an adorable yet potentially aggressive of an antarctic fur seal
I got this shot with a telephoto lens at a landing site in the South Shetland Islands on the Antarctic Peninsula. He was starting to become a little too curious about me - so I carefully backed out in order to be charged.
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You have a very good eye for photography, well done.
thanks!
This is awesome the camera work is so beautiful, infact, how did you get so close to the seal? It was really up close personal, did you zoom the lenses
took my time with him. Patience is key and understanding their behaviour is quite important with these large mammals. I did have a 100-400mm telephoto lens as well, which also helps when photographing these guys on shore
Amazing I swear, I tried being an animal photographer, but the patience wasn't there, this is pretty awesome buddy.
nice animal thank you.
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It's wicked sharp, I wonder what lens it is.
I am sorry to see the animal's face in front of the camera you took
Very sad face :(
Cute mammal! Your caption is always amazing. 👍 I wonder it's looking so close to the mammal when you capture this picture.
good post 😞😞😞😊
Cutie little and lovely looking seal captured beautiful.
He looks so innocent. Just a happy creature living a life :)
So Adorable! Great capture!
So cute😍