News Finding: Preparing penguin, pup, or fish carcasses before consumption happens at the surface, not down below.
Paper Finding: In addition, 397G attempted to steal a pup but was unsuccessful.
News Context: Also, the carcasses were at a depth they wouldn't normally be unless something had placed them there. Preparing penguin, pup, or fish carcasses before consumption happens at the surface, not down below. So Krause and colleagues think it's likely that the leopard seals were eating kills theyaor another leopard sealahad previously hidden away.
Paper Context: One of the seven Cape Shirreff CRITTERCAM records (397G) covered 3 foraging days and contained ten successful Antarctic fur seal pup captures, six of which were stolen by at least three other adult female leopard seals. In addition, 397G attempted to steal a pup but was unsuccessful. Two of the kleptoparasitic females were identified from our study population by photo ID, both of which were longer (standard length) and heavier than 397G.