Behind the Photo: Paul Nicklen

[animegirl2754]

hrmm... I'm thinking being a National Geographic photographer is sounding pretty good right now.

[chrissxtr13]

time to get in the water ya

[luvlifeandlaugh20]

evry photographers dream huh?

[DutchDrummerNL]

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Check out his speech about this experience with NatGeo.. Amazing..

[ashietay22]

Amazing! Just amazing! <3



[TheDrDrProductions]

Just goes to show you. You think you know everything about a creature. But then something like this happens leaving you speechless.

[Skinnnails]

Aww <3

[RichnerDK]

first time I feel sorry for a leopard seal..

[wishtree]

AWESOME

Nature

[sexylilguava]

wow !!! Thats an amazing story!! Awesome.Tx for posting!

[Jonathinho1994]

daaaaaam

[rbondy007]

Camera man for National Geographic.....just living the dream ;-)

[mapleglobalz]

WOW i want an experience like that

[ashurathesadxhacker]

just to show that animals care too ever thr most deadly LOL

[DrMaiosh]

nature loves us!

[RoiDoberwolf09]

Leopard seals = <3

You photographers have more guts in one eye than I do in my entire body! Awesome ^^

[lemurs366]

beautiful photography

[enjoydotcom]

@ National Geographic: do you know that the video response to this video is THIS video promoting betting? To me that comes across as theft of your video for financial gain.

[Chiparoo22]

Truth is stranger than fiction ! ! !

[katiedidwork]

Wow! Amazing video! Can't wait til ur show!

[spartexx]

"time to get in the water ya"

[tenguzaxxx]

marasmus

[figleaf101]

"It was actually feeding the camera...it's every photographer's dream." That's a weird dream to have, photographers.

[apache1048]

I think it is a subal housing in answer to a much earlier question

[billeybop]

I had a similar experience but instead of offering me penguins, she was offering each of my legs one at a time. I didn't realize how bad I tasted!

[richard7717]

WAT A BUNCH OF FROMUNDA CHEESE

[fahad5656]

And he's imitating the accent of his guide so he can sound so real huh.

[NoobOnTheCob]

This is bullshit, look it up its completely staged.

[XxNate831xX]

time to get in the water yah..lol

[meltdownman1]

Anyone know what type of camera and underwater housing he was using? I love diving and now after 30 years I am just getting into the photography part. The pictures he has are simply to beautiful to describe.

The Meltdownman

[Awgez24]

Oh, I thought that this was fake.

Is this real?

ROTFL

The seal actually brought him penguins?

[usfjimmy]

Yea this is real!! Cool story!!

[veslaskigirl]

Yes, that's what they do. I've had dozens of experiences with leopard seals, but from a kayak. They never threaten us but are curious. had one touch my elbow onced. They zoom around forever, looking up at us, bobbing their heads up for a better look, etc. They've been Hollywoodized to death so everyone thinks they're some sort of monster. They're perfectly safe to dive with as long as you move slowly and keep your face to them. They're quite beautiful, follow our kayaks around.

[MattUK2007]

"They're perfectly safe to dive with as long as you move slowly and keep your face to them."

That's quite a bold statement, talking about a WILD ANIMAL like that. These animals have killed humans before.

[veslaskigirl]

On leopard seal killed one human before, a scientist studying on a research base. She'd been diving, then was talking to friends in a zodiac as she was slowly treading water with her flippers. The leopard seal took her by the ankle and pulled her down, then released her. She was sadly out of air and drowned. All the scientists believed the leopard seal had mistaken her for a penguin. This is well documented. They are known for stalking humans as they walk above on thin ice but none have died.

[MattUK2007]

My point was they are still wild animals.

[veslaskigirl]

Yes, of course they are and we treat them as such. I tell my kayakers to please, always remember wild animals can be unpredictable. That's why I always paddle in slowly first to assess their 'mood.' So far the one death is the only thing we know of down here that has gone terribly wrong. One is one too many. We use guarded discretion, as the scuba divers do. Now about paddling in waters with polar bears, that's another story! More on that later.

[nikalik]

Exactly! It's not like they MEANT to harm that girl.. she was in HIS territory and any scientist/photographer understands those risks.. no matter what animal!

[rollerswartz]

really? wow, you are fortunate

[veslaskigirl]

Fortunate and hugely privileged. If you're interested I have a travel blog...please ask...is it safe to post blog links here?

[bestsisters1]

wow! that's so amazing

[shadowblack1987]

Thats wow!

[TrashyBeauty]

The most daring photographers get the best shots...

So awesome!

[Dream2Freerun]

well, Antarctica kinda reminds everyone of Christmas, so the seal thought "hey, what the hell...it's better to give than to receive. Here buddy, have my lunch!" xD anyway nice story though :)

[Snoo1809]

OK, wow! What photographers do to get a great shot

[Crilo1991]

cool

[conorq23]

The penguin foot looks fake... anyone agree? It's like a computer graphics thing...

[pivart]

i don't think they showed you the actual photos he took, they probably looked to bad. so yes, they are probably computer graphics.

[jojo2799]

cute!

[syncopath0425]

lucky lucky man!

[MercifulMatthew]

I agree, it's beautiful. Creation.

[FlameHeights]

Did he say that the leopard seal feed and nurtured him for 4 days stait? XD

[straberrypenguin]

haha yeah

[ottawasens611]

Good videé... I hate penguins they get to much attention som much movies about them and they actully smell very bad.... in the meaning of actual smell

[jojo2799]

what about baby penguins? theyre so cute

[ilovemcdonalzzz]

f*ck u frenchy.

[IronCobrax14Z]

umm......this isnt that hard to understand. they're not like sharks or orcas, they dont eat seals, in the since that most divers get attacked by sharks and orcas cuz they mistake the dive suit for a seal. so use the same logic for a leopard seal. since there so big and see a human in a dive suit, they think its probably a baby leopard seal. and since its female, alot of animals in the wild become surogate mothers to young that other animals of that species lost. this is understandable stuff.

[GretaVanPopcorn566]

Thats Beautiful.

[winteryseason]

this is nice(:

[sosaidheather]

Aw the poor penguin.

He was eaten by a leopard seal.

And then he was eaten by a camera.

[haneythegod]

owned, bitch. lol

[loveyok]

how amazing! i guess animals are lovely once you get to "know" them

[Xitrax]

aww thats cute ^_^

[windslasherx]

even though it look dangerous, the seal still Fed him for 4 days straight, meaning this animal are not man eater and they are very kind I think.. =P

[iHateEmilio]

very cool but its still a wild animal, dangerous

[bladechaos13]

that was heart warming :) just amazing I wish I can keep one as a pet :)

[thehugman]

This guy is a dirty liar, everyone knows that leopard seals are afraid of humans. That is probably a zoo trained animal or computer generated picture.

[Bioloser]

The dark background behind of this heart warming story is the death of the penguins :O

[jeremyshambles]

and then they were married and honeymooned in barbados. lovely.

[RottenAppleSeeds]

wow, he must've been on some really, really, really, really good weed.

[hewantsrevenge86]

that was my leopard seal coco, shes crazy. Shes always trying to feed my shit like that all the time...

[inkster]

amazing

[benny704]

so he stuck with the animal for 4 days

wow imagine living as a leopard seal for 4 days

[Strawberrypocky911]

That was very... unusual

[deviceds]

OMG

[slipperyrichie]

wowee zowee

[hidamnit]

this is kinda lame but i <3 animals

[mariobeans]

ive seen a video on TV where a seal did the same thing. What nice animals

[californiabonfire]

right on

[NecipPerver]

Awsome story what an experience!

[KrazyRawb]

They've already uploaded this...

[pop1290]

They always do that kind of thing upload the same thing

[Tripp393]

so you actually ATE the fuckin penguins??

[grapple69]

yes he ate them right there, in the water!

god! your stupid!

[slipperyrichie]

ololololololololol. with a glass of chianti.

[kaylasaysyo]

awsom but that is not normal but you all need to believe so next time you see a lepord seal just jump in with it. what bad could happen. NO GUYS NEVER DO THAT

[YouJussGotCurbed]

this was already uploaded why upload it agian

[icemattfav]

wow that must of been so cool

[5thDensity]

So where are those photos? Sheesh...

[loveyoutodeathbut]

Those teeth...yikes!

[kickthebass]

leopard seals are terrifying

[comesinpints]

Incredible!

[thesingerperson]

I think I remember watching this on one of the documentariest hey had, it was awesome!

[GenericGene]

Thanks for the entertaining video's have a great and Merry Christmas - Gene

[Bethy217]

That is amazing :)

[BabyEagle4U]

Amazing.

[imutia]

great photos

[acheing123]

That....is astonishing.

[poketbike16]

cool

[ShuffledNoise]

wow..

[AzNSpyke301]

Thats amazing