Understanding Leopard Seals

The video explores the misunderstood reputation of leopard seals, recounting an expedition to Antarctica to study their behavior. The narrator describes initial fears and encounters with a massive female leopard seal, who surprisingly attempts to feed the photographer penguins. The video highlights the complexity of leopard seal behavior and challenges preconceived notions about these animals.

What historical figure is associated with the negative reputation of leopard seals?

• Ernest Shackleton

• Charles Darwin

• James Cook

• Robert Falcon Scott

What tragic event involving a leopard seal occurred in 2004?

• A leopard seal was found in a city

• A scientist was killed by a leopard seal

• A leopard seal saved a penguin

• A leopard seal was captured for a zoo

What was the main goal of the narrator's journey to Antarctica?

• To capture penguins

• To study the behavior of leopard seals

• To explore the Antarctic landscape

• To find new species

How does the narrator describe the size of leopard seals compared to ring seals?

• Leopard seals are slightly larger

• Leopard seals are much larger

• Leopard seals are the same size

• Leopard seals are smaller

What was the narrator's initial reaction to entering the water with the leopard seal?

• Confident

• Excited

• Terrified

• Indifferent

What unusual behavior did the leopard seal exhibit towards the narrator?

• It attacked the narrator

• It tried to feed the narrator penguins

• It swam away from the narrator

• It ignored the narrator

How did the narrator interpret the seal's repeated attempts to offer penguins?

• As a playful gesture

• As a threat

• As a sign of aggression

• As an attempt to feed

What did the leopard seal do when its attempts to feed the narrator failed?

• It left the area

• It ignored the narrator

• It became frustrated

• It attacked the narrator

What did the leopard seal do when another seal approached?

• It ignored the other seal

• It shared its food with the other seal

• It chased the other seal away

• It played with the other seal

What was the narrator's main concern towards the end of the encounter?

• The seal's increasing frustration

• The seal's speed

• The seal's size

• The seal's playful nature