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Crabeater seal
Order : Carnivora
Family : Phocidae
Genus : Lobodon
Facts about the genus Lobodon, the crabeater seal
carcinophagus) The Crabeater seal is the most common seal in the world, and may even be the most numerous mammal (other than man) on earth.
Crabeater seals The Crabeater seal is one of the other prey species of the Leopard seal.
Five seal species - the Antarctic fur seal, Weddell seal, elephant seal, leopard seal and crabeater seal are regularly observed on expedition cruises, most often hauled out on ice floes or early in the season at their breeding sites, where they make appealing subjects for photography.
The Antarctican is reporting that "A belief that the most abundant large wild mammal in the world is Antarctica's crabeater seal is being radically revised down as results of a multi-nation survey are analysed.
The crabeater seal is one of the most remarkable, though least known, of the mammals of the world.
The crabeater seal is the most abundant of the pack-ice seals, and is thought to be the largest single consumer of krill.
The crabeater seal is the most abundant seal in the world, with a population between fifteen and forty million (more than all other seals put together) [1].
The look: The crabeater seal is long and slender with an elongated, upturned snout. (Full text)
The Crabeater seal is the most abundant of the pack-ice seals, and is now the largest single consumer of krill. (Full text)
Distribution and Habitat The crabeater seal is circumpolar in distribution, following the advancing and retreating pack ice of Antarctica. (Full text)
The specialized teeth of the Crabeater Seal are designed, not for biting, but for filtering krill from the water. (Full text)
Other species, such as the Antarctic crabeater seal, are declining in numbers due to their dependence on the decreasing areas of sea ice at high latitudes. (Full text)
Breeding in the Crabeater Seal is such that many scientists contend that their population will exceed 50,000,000 animals by the end of the century. (Full text)