pipedope once bubbled...
The show had lots of pretty pictures but very little substance.
I must say the the diver was very brave. Either that or they were doing lots of work behind the camera that they didn't talk about.
I note very few male leopard seals in the show.
Of course, the photog was never alone in the water with the seals, somebody had to be filming him.
There also was no mention of the only creature in the world that scares the leopard seal, ... Orca.
Much the way the seal eats the penguins, the Orcas eat the seals.
Please don't think that just because one cute little female seal flirts with a photog that they are safe to swim with. The males can be very large and have little or no sense of humor.
I never got bit by a leopard seal but I had some close calls, and I saw what one seal did to several 18' Zodiacs at Palmer station and would not want to take a chance.
Is it safer to dive with a Leopard Seal or an Orca?