Photograph by @paulnicklen for @natgeo // It was truly a special and unique experience to play hide and seek around an iceberg in Antarctica with a thousand pound leopard seal. She loved to sneak up on us and do these really aggressively playful lunges with her mouth wide open. What is your dream moment in nature? It never felt threatening and it felt more like I was playing with a really big dog. To see what she looked like when she got frustrated with me and blew bubbles in my face follow me on @paulnicklen //#strangeencounter #leopardseal #seal #climatechange #202020 #wildlife #gratitude #explore #nature #smile #love #beauty #adventure #travel @natgeocreative @thephotosociety #instagood #tbt #follow #followme #photooftheday #happy #tagforlikes #beautiful #like #picoftheday #summer #fun #friends #dominant A photo posted by National Geographic (@natgeo) on Nov 11, 2015 at 4:32am PST
After I continuously refused her offerings of penguins over a four day period, she appeared to become frustrated and blew a large and steady stream of bubbles out of her nose. I just kept shooting as I could not believe that this encounter was actually happening.#encounterofalifetime #strangeencounter #leopardseal #seal #climatechange #202020 #wildlife #gratitude #explore #nature #smile #love #beauty #adventure #travel @natgeocreative @thephotosociety #instagood #tbt #follow #followme #photooftheday #happy #tagforlikes #beautiful #like #picoftheday #summer #fun #friends #dominant A photo posted by Paul Nicklen (@paulnicklen) on Nov 11, 2015 at 5:32am PST
