everything you ned to know about leopard seals fro raven distribution polar and subpolar waters of southern hemisphere habitat at the edge of the pack ice on antartica and around some islands food penguins kril seals and carion size females 3 3 m 10 8 ft males slightly smaller breeding little known of behaviour pups bprn september january identification sleek and elongate seal neck well defined wide gapping mouth with large canines and large post canine teeth long foreflippers coat colours silver to grey above lighter below with a mixture of light and dark spots facts this species is known to live for 26 years and more a leopard seal is one of the largest species of seal