RichWatch.net » National Geographic http://richwatch.net Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:01:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Nat Geo Photographer Meets Deadly Leopard Seal http://richwatch.net/nat-geo-photographer-meets-deadly-leopard-seal/ http://richwatch.net/nat-geo-photographer-meets-deadly-leopard-seal/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:56:53 +0000 richard http://richwatch.net/?p=871 Damn this photography crew from only having still shot cameras on this expedition. Video of this event would have been fascinating. You can relive the experience however as the photographer involved in this story retells what happened when a giant ass leopard seal swam up to him with its jaws wide open in an attack stance while he was collecting shots of the animal in Antarctica. what happened afterward is at least 3 levels of “whoah”.

As you can see in the picture below, these leopard seals are like small killer whales. this particular one was bigger than most says the photographer, but the size of the head and the sharp teeth alone were what made me make that comparison. He compares it to a bear, which is, I’m sure more accurate.

leopardsealcam

The creature seemed to think the eye of the camera was the photographers mouth, which made for some great photographs. In the video, Paul Nicklen describes his most amazing experience as a National Geographic photographer – coming face-to-face with one of the Arctic’s most vicious predators.

This story is so awesome that I recommend you think about it a little after watching the video and then watch it again.

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Runners up:

Blue Dragonfly on the water…
Snowy mountain tops…
Cloudy mountain tops…
Lightning Canyon…
Roots in the snow…
Birds at waterfall…
Bushes on a hill…
Lava at night…
Go see them all…

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Scientists wait and watch as nurse shark females pick and choose which male they’ll mate with. With the help of National Geographic’s Crittercam, they discover love can be painful.

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A tribe of people in Indonesia believe a woman is more beautiful if she has her teeth chiseled into sharp points.

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