Cats, great and small

Cool rainy day here. Earlier today, I was browsing through National Geographic's always-fabulous images, which you can find over here. Paul Nicklen's narwhal shots led me to his other arctic and antarctic work, including this phenomenal encounter with a leopard seal.



This short film explains more of the context. The leopard seal and Nicklen built up an extrordinary relationship over several days. She tried to teach him to fish, and also brought him food (in the form of penguins).

After National Geographic, other photos seem tame. Which in my case, they are :-)