Leopard Seals Play With Their Food | Bad Natured | BBC Earth

[@parshakamarsh]

Watching that seal playing with those chicks is no different to watching my cat playing with a mouse really

[@_Sigfried_]

nah, fuck mice.

[@BeEnNLGaming]

Indeed, and there is a paper that suggest cat's do this to increase bloodsugar lvls to make the mouse more tasty. Kinda seems like same story for any animal that has this behavior, they also are mostly intelligent (like orcas) when they do this.

[@phaolo6]

Yeah, they're just doing it for fun, but obviously without any moral code or empathy capability towards the prey.

[@joeschianodicola1810]

i really love how in this series the stories are always followed by theories that try to rationalize the grisly behavior being documented

[@nickrider5220]

Real life isn't a Disney film ! We're just removed from the things we eat, or don't see the bad things that are done to get the items you want. I love penguins, but the leopard seal isn't a villain, at least when it's satisfying it's curiosity, other chicks can get away...

[@jasonmelvin9102]

nobody thinks life is all good things lol and nobody is calling leopard seal a villain. we can still acknowledge the gruesomeness

[@robertbalaicius9260]

Well, the longer the sea leopard plays with an individual chick before eating it... the more time the other chicks have to live, learn to swim, and escape.

[@DiscerningCritic-gv1xe]

Every seal is beautiful

[@steelmademance8167]

They may play with thier food but later a orca going to play with them 😂😂😂

[@fluffyhyenagirl1903]

All jokes aside, it may be karma to us humans but to orcas they’re not actually doing it for the sake of petty revenge. Both leopard seals and orcas just have the same playful idea in mind towards their own prey

[@greatestever8269]

😮‍💨 I was hoping to see more seal and less camera guy talking

[@litterbox878]

Mom said don't play with your food

[@justme10]

I like leopard seals. They look a bit like the joker. Playing and eating seems brutal, but enough animals are eating their prey alive which is worse.

[@Rathbone_fan_account]

Normal seals look cute. Leopard seals give seriously ominous vibes.

[@zaankantertje]

Humans are killing for sports or fun. That is even more worse.

[@ethereal5867]

Not the edge lord trying to project the joker on some seal

[@jasonmelvin9102]

kinda sadistic if you ask me. I'm not villinizing them but not gonna enjoy it either

[@aniruddha4405]

Orcas do the same to the seals. They too toss and play with them.

[@opieutt9038]

And then Orcas get a seal and toss them the same way. It's a vicious thing to watch 🐳

[@slappybagOG]

I don't think anything preys on leopard seals ? Orcas do prey on regular seals

[@BeEnNLGaming]

@@slappybagOG orca's pray on anything beside humans in nature , if they can takedown greatwhites/whales I think a leopard seal shouldnt be a problem either.

[@slappybagOG]

@@BeEnNLGaming yhyh it's not that they couldn't I just don't know if they do, if you know what I mean. Leopard Seals and Orcas don't ever cross paths as far as I'm aware?

[@djfebrezee]

@@slappybagOG Orcas can and will prey on leopard seals - in fact they're the only species KNOWN to prey on leopard seals. Orcas are very much opportunists - but even then, their diets vary pod to pod.

[@slappybagOG]

@@djfebrezee damn. Orcas are bada55

[@safakhorzum4047]

This is getting worse and worse. Moralising animals or categorising them according to the degree of their cuteness for an average human... seriously?

[@leoyuz3651]

BBC- the best forever!👍

[@SennaAugustus]

Leopard seals just look like cute dogs, they don't look evil.

[@leosolis5846]

I know when I eat a chicken salad I kinda move the chicken around before I actually eat which is usually towards the end

[@toradora1439]

Penguin eats fish, Leopard Seal eats Penguin, Orca eats Leopard Seal. All things have a balance.

[@gbsiklmn]

there is no balance, 99% of all species had died, we just live a short time to see the changes

[@WildlifeThroughLens]

Incredible creatures 💙

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

Nature has a better explanation for its actions than humans.

[@rainierzx9677]

I LOVE clicking on a nature video and it be mostly people talking over it 🤓

[@strzygon5426]

Nature is not subjective but objective. If this is how leaoprd seals learn to hunt better. Then that's it, there is no moral dilema. These animals only have their mouths No arms to hold the seals in place it makes sense.

[@bradbarnett5464]

These leopard seals help keep the majority of penguins alert and fit. Amazing!

[@icedragonair]

Yes! Natural selection. The fastest and smartest penguins will survive and breed. The best hunters among the seals will also get to eat well and breed a lot and create better hunter offspring.

[@Sharkman_Dan]

This footage is from 1993s Life in the Freezer, where's his shots?

[@purehyper124]

It's hard to see the cruel side of nature.

[@OmerSYayla]

I WANT MORE BAD NATURED YEAAH

[@larrymanning5925]

I've said it once and I will say it again... These short BBC vids are awesome. 👍

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

Amazing

[@aves4081]

The theory part was very interesting!

[@DiscerningCritic-gv1xe]

The man that is getting interviewed the pegauin chicks are not human so what is so heart breaking about watching them died

[@jackbarhillel1065]

It's the same instinct driving cats to play with mice evenif they're not hungry...

[@anshumanmishraw]

I love Puffin and Penguin. 🤍💙

[@josephmills2010]

This is our world.

[@animals44485]

Beautiful birds

[@bobgeorge283]

THEY ARE NOT VILLIANS. that's how sharks are portrayed, in movies and the like and now they are being hunted extinction. what a piss poor way to do this. they are nature and don't have to follow our ideals .

[@JohnSmith-mk1rj]

Agreed. The way this guy describes Leopard Seal as 'the Ultimate Villains,' and even explains how they 'look evil' is just too much. Nature is what it is, and at times it's horrific. But when it comes down to it, humans are probably the biggest villains of all. We destroy the habitat of all living things and place ourselves atop it. I'm sorry this guy got his feelings hurt watching Leopard Seals play cat and mouse with cute little penguin babies, but that doesn't excuse such terrible presentation by the BBC. Nature documentaries shouldn't 'take sides' when it comes to explanations. This was very irresponsible of them.

[@TPDManiacXC626]

Once, long ago, in an Australian aquarium, briefly lived the only Leopard Seal in captivity named Casey. He was found wounded on a beach with a shark bite. The aquarium keepers stitched him up, but Casey wouldn’t eat whatever they gave him. It was a hard choice, but they euthanized Casey. There is a video here on KZbin of a keeper playing Saxophone music for Casey.

[@Marcello2005]

Rip Casey, although it’s interesting since we don’t really see much interaction between leopard seals and sharks. I wonder how the food chain works with leopard seals and sharks, obviously excluding the big ones like the great white.

[@TPDManiacXC626]

@@Marcello2005 I looked up Casey this morning, the shark bite he got was from a Cookiecutter Shark, he was found like that in 2007, for 7 years, he was the only captive Leopard Seal in the world.

[@Marcello2005]

@@TPDManiacXC626 wow. Interesting. Wish we saw more shark and leopard seal encounters.

[@TPDManiacXC626]

@@Marcello2005 I found out that Leopard Seals are also found in the waters of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and parts of South America. So there’s opportunity to find such encounters without having to go to Antarctica.

[@DiscerningCritic-gv1xe]

The seals were hungry

[@TOVOTmarcolonna]

man, its just a nature of different species

[@iainmackenzieUK]

Maybe the leopard seal is venting its frustration at not being able to catch the adults :) or maybe there is a part of the penguin (such as the liver) that they shake out of the body for separate consumption... (I think killer whales do this with sharks - right?? kill them and eat only the liver...)

[@mirandapanda5439]

I got a chik fil a ad before this 😅😂

[@tonatiuhnino3711]

Leopard seals and orcas are the most cold-hearted predators in the world.

[@BullShitThat]

What about humans?

[@tonatiuhnino3711]

@@BullShitThat True. But did you get the joke?

[@BullShitThat]

@@tonatiuhnino3711 AAAHH I see what you did there 👍

[@dylankenney9323]

Pretty interesting seeing what animals humans deem worthy enough of protection or compassion

[@alpcan3264]

I clicked for docu, the guy just filmed himself lol

[@capnstewy55]

He needs to watch the video of orcas killing a leopard seal just to train their young.

[@Voidy123]

This behavior will be indirectly beneficial to the penguin population by making sure the strong survive.

[@vijaygawal]

Nice sir 👌👌

[@wild7life]

Nice ideas 💡 shearing wildlife 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@WGarita2001]

Poor penguins 🐧

[@djtheturtle1399]

I think it's weird to think that some animals might just recreationally hunt animals and not eat them even though humans do the exact same thing

[@algb2670]

We kinda see the same behaviour on cats. Maybe they just like to play with the food, there's no compassion on the animal kingdom

[@positivitybot03]

Domestic cats play with their food in order to stun them and stop them from fighting back and causing injury. Wildcats know which prey will and won't fight back, generally, but domestics don't so they act the same way towards mice, which don't tend to fight back, as they do rats, which can and do fight back. Haven't seen an explanation for leopard seal play behavior though

[@lorispicer4598]

They arent evil, this is just what they do. We are just putting our own feelings into the situation, n it doesn't belong there. This is just nature, theres no good n bad.

[@jasonmelvin9102]

nobody is calling them evil

[@cooliipie]

It's called fun bro... They have nothing else to do. Why is that hard for you to realize? They aren't machines

[@proskilztimez2785]

I think you missed the entire point of the video

[@cooliipie]

@@proskilztimez2785 5:25

[@KUDOANIMALNANA]

isinya sangat bagus dan menarik, saya sangat menyukainya

[@BobMotster]

Tough job.

[@piotrkartg6252]

Super film. Czy kojarzy ktoś kanał Leśny Kawaler ?

[@gbsiklmn]

I don't think that seal could think in advance, that he might need some qualities in the future and train them. Simpler explanation would be that he just having fun, as it happens with cats when they play with they prey, even this could be disturbing for us humans.

[@esoflan]

Hello ....less talking...grandpa...balance also with the show of more of the seals...voice in the background...

[@xro5841]

Adrenaline flushing through the system seasons the meat.

[@Jaxck77]

I really don’t like this moralizing of animal behaviour as “bad natured” or whatever. We have leisure, why wouldn’t animals also try to entertain themselves?

[@ike_of_the_greil_mercenari465]

This is why we describe especially cruel people/actions as "animals". Nature is brutal and without morality, it's what separates us from the animals.

[@eddieolaest3541]

Killer seals

[@d1j16]

Nature is metal and every predator has a murder-kitten lurking within it.

[@cody555903]

Or some of them just like killin.

[@JimmyDaDon666]

Where’s the graphic footage smh

[@Deeer69420]

How about the orca?

[@MrNegative101]

We’re here for the animals not your long talk on how exciting it was.

[@_Sigfried_]

Leopard seals are now entering my personal "special" list togheter with: • Wasps • that's it.

[@scgamer56d76]

ok

[@recode8453]

Human also sometimes play with their food

[@VikramDattu1991]

This is similar to how cats play with their prey! 😳

[@colinandrew89]

Then the orcas play with the seals lol

[@esoflan]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🎤🎤🎤seals should be shown more....

[@slappybagOG]

Would a leopard seal attack a human?

[@tommymessinaiii1737]

Leopard seals are among one of the nastiest creatures on Earth.

[@edenswaterislife9214]

The animals were born of Mama's spirit and body as we were. This makes them family not food. From 2 legs to 4 legs from fins to feathers we are Mama's family. Not gods children. Awaken and see Mama's body so Mama's spirit loves and gives life to her babies.

[@MassAmorphous]

What can’t Steve Nash do

[@lilythecat3687]

Prince Henry is a pro youtuber ?

[@bobsmith6079]

I wonder if anyone at BBC has heard the old addage about "show don't tell." Don't waste your time on this video it's just this annoying guy prattling on interminably.

[@oldogre5999]

And maybe playing with your food when you have no normal toys is just fun!... Humans are ALWAYS trying to paint Gods creatures with a human brush, won't work, ever. We are not the same, God made humans in HIS image and imparted us with free will, but a Leopard seal is a Leopard seal is a Leopard seal...

[@AlohaUlises]

Why disturbing? It's real life!!!

[@wwinnar2831]

Would LOVE it if you didnt have this guy on camera. Just him talking over awesome video. made me not wanna watch it til th ened.

[@catalinacurio]

Same as any other intelligent young animal. 😊

[@Limerick502]

Utterly gruesome. I had to exit. Just horrid!

[@jürgensenke]

Gruß Jürgen 😎

[@karenishness1]

Fact is that penguins prey on fish and seals prey on penguin and orcas prey on seals.

[@samratchattopadhyay3057]

Fact - Because of their spotted coat pattern like a leopard, they are called Leopard Seals. ☺️

[@burnbabyburn-od5sy]

the world is tierd of opions there looking for FACTS

[@LeoNiehorster]

Yachety, yackety, yack. Mr. Vail needs to show less of himself talking and more of the subject matter.

[@burpwarrior78]

Do killer whales eat leopard seals?

[@tonyp3693]

Too much human. Not enough animals. Please change click bait to "video of Alex Vail talking." thumb-downed.

[@ScarlettM]

How about just posting the actual video of animals? If you want someone to tell a story, do a voiceover the video. If you think it's interesting to just watch a person retelling something cool they made a VIDEO of - you are wrong.

[@victorgomez-0341]

More video and less talking

[@dont_care1591]

Is this TED talk? Theres more talking than actual animal footage in this vid. I miss the dislike counter.

[@adamganski2012]

👍

[@alireza_adventure]

[@malcolmandrews4942]

OR they could just be animals who do what they do! No training or anything else.

[@GlassesByMe]

I wish more people can be aware that nature won’t be with us humans for longer if they don’t act FAST.

[@blucat4]

I love the guy's talking, and if this was one of only a few like this it would be ok, but it's a trend. We didn't actually see anything much. Just talked about it, but no video. Welcome to woke BBC for kids channel.

[@ramthian]

😘

[@burnbabyburn-od5sy]

more video less opinion

[@SlowToe]

I'm unfollowing Leppard Seals on Social media. #CancelSeal

[@Vip__honey]

I respect everyone who were involved in this Seriously the best piece that i ve ever seen on KZbin 💌 Hate off to well all 💟 love your videos

[@animals44485]

Very Good sister

[@justme10]

Stop this annoying trolling. Thanks.

[@Mr_Potatobread]

this is just anti-leopard seal propaganda