WED0037. ice caves below Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii breathing holes are filled with life which feeds on seal feces, Antarctica
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WED0038. ice caves below Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii breathing holes are filled with life which feeds on seal feces, Antarctica
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WED0039. ice caves below Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii breathing holes are filled with life which feeds on seal feces, Antarctica
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WED0040. anchor ice forms in water less than 33 meters in depth, provides habitat for mobile animals: sea stars, sea urchins, and nemerteans (proboscis worms), Antarctica
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WED0043. nemerteans (proboscis worms) Parborlasia corrugatus and sea stars Odontaster validus feed on seal feces underneath a seal’s breathing hole, Antarctica
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WED0044. Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii maintain breathing/entry/exit holes with their teeth, Antarctica
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WED0045. in ice cave below a seal hole, sea stars Odontaster validus attack and feed on another sea star Acodontaster conspicuus, Antarctica
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WED0046. in ice cave below a seal hole, sea stars Odontaster validus and polychaete worm Flabelligera mundata, Antarctica
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WED0047. in ice cave below a seal hole, a small octopus (possibly Pareledone sp.) hunts crustaceans and fish, Antarctica
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WED0048. sea star Perknaster fuscus antarcticus in foreground, Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii breathing at ice crack in background, Antarctica
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WED0049. Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii under a breathing hole, Antarctica
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WED0050. Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii mother and pup under a breathing hole, Antarctica
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WED0051. Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii swimming out of hole onto ice surface, Antarctica
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WED0052. sea stars Odontaster validus eat a dead Weddell seal pup Leptonychotes weddellii , Antarctica
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WED0053. scientists put a video camera and telemetric devices on Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii to track movements and physiology, Antarctica
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WED0054. scientists put a video camera and telemetric devices on Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii to track movements and physiology, Antarctica
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WED0055. scientists put a video camera and telemetric devices on Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii to track movements and physiology, Antarctica
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WED0056. research camp for scientists studying movements and physiology of Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii, Antarctica
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WED0057. research camp for scientists studying movements and physiology of Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii, Antarctica
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WED0058. research camp for scientists studying movements and physiology of Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii, Antarctica
