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Seals

There are three species of seals around McMurdo. Weddell, the most common, Crab Eater and rarely Leopard. Male Weddell seals can weigh about 1000 pounds, females can reach about 1300 pounds.

Weddell seals eat up to 50 pounds offish, krill, prawns, cephalopods and crustaceans each day. Leopard seals will eat penguins. Their dives can last 80 minutes and reach 2300 feet.

Weddell seals live on fast ice, other seals live on floating ice. Because Weddell seals live on fast ice they use their teeth to chew breathing holes through the ice. After about 20 years their teeth have worn down and they starve to death.

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