The leopard seal is named for its spotted coat pattern.
Leopard seals have huge heads with enormous jaws.
Females are larger than males, and may reach lengths of 3.6 m and weights of up to 450 kg. Leopard seals live in and around the Antarctic. Impressive hunters, hungry leopard seals may burst through a spot of soft ice near a baby penguin rookery, in an attempt to grasp a penguin walking above. It may take as little as 4 to 7 minutes for a leopard seal to consume an Adelie penguin. Leopard seals are not considered threatened or endangered.