If you love animals, you might want to
consider getting a job as a wildlife photographer. You get to go to different
places to take pictures of exotic animals in their natural habitat, and you get
to live your dream.
Part of the job description? Being around
exotic and dangerous animals, which explains why many wildlife photographers
are still scared even if they love doing their jobs . But dangerous as some
wild animals may be, you still hear of unexpected things that leave you in awe.
In 2006, wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen
was documenting the notorious leopard seal for a National
Geographic story, am experience in Antarctica that will stay with him forever.
This experience recently resurfaced on the net and went viral.
The leopard seal is one of the top
predators in the Antarctic Circle. They mainly prey on fish and penguins, but
their powerful mouth and razor sharp teeth can do a lot of damage. As Paul
narrates his experience, he mentions how vulnerable and helpless you become
when you get into the water with these predators. The leopard seal that Paul
was taking pictures of was particularly a big specimen, which made him even
more nervous.
However, not only it not attack, the seal
started to become “nurturing” towards Paul. According to him, the seal seemed
to have thought that he was a “useless predator” and it even started to catch
penguins and bringing them back to Paul’s camera, thinking that it was his
mouth.
Photos of this remarkable encounter are
available on National
Geographic.
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