What is Leopard seal?
{{Taxobox | name = Leopard seal | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = Hydrurga leptonyx edit1.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Carnivora]] | superfamilia = [[Pinniped]]a | familia = [[Phocidae]] | genus = '''''Hydrurga''''' | genus_authority = Gistel, 1848 | species = '''''H. leptonyx''''' | binomial = ''Hydrurga leptonyx'' | binomial_authority = ([[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|Blainville]], 1820) | range_map = Hydrurga leptonyx distribution.png | range_map_caption = ''Hydrurga leptonyx'' range map }} The '''leopard seal''' (''Hydrurga leptonyx''), also known as the '''sea leopard''', is the second largest species of [[earless seal|seal]] in the [[Antarctic]] (after the Southern [[Elephant seal|Elephant Seal]]). It is most common in the [[southern hemisphere]] along the coast of [[Antarctica]] and on most sub-Antarctic islands, but can also be found on the coasts of southern [[Australia]], [[Tasmania]], [[South Africa]], [[New Zealand]], [[Lord Howe Island]], [[Tierra del Fuego]], the [[Cook Islands]], and the Atlantic coast of [[South America]]. It can live twenty-six years, possibly more. [[Killer whale|Killer whales]], and large [[Shark|sharks]] are the only natural predators of leopard seals. They eat Crabeater seals, consuming 80% of their young. They are large and strong. They have a dark grey back and a light grey stomach. Its neck is a little bit white with black spots, which is the pattern of a leopard's coat. That is how it got its name. Leopard seals are [[Carnivore|carnivores]]. It eats [[Penguin|penguins]], [[Gull|seagulls]], [[fish]], [[squid]], [[Octopus|octopuses]], [[krill]], [[Shrimp|shrimps]], [[Crab|crabs]] and even other [[Pinniped|seals]]. They are the only species of seals who eat warm-blooded prey. They are the most formidable hunters of all the seals and the only ones that feed on warm-blooded prey. Leopard seals hunt alone, and they are ferocious solitary animals. They do not do wel