Face the brutal marine leopard

Calmly at the sharp teeth that are being spotted out of the 3.66m long leopard, photographer Amos Nachoum desperately takes a close lens to have a good photo despite knowing it is dangerous.

Taking photos in a wild environment is not easy. Nachoum's group travels for four days starting from Ushuaia on Argentina's southern coast on a sailboat to reach Plenue Island, Antarctica.

The air temperature here in the summer days is about 10 degrees and the temperature below the water is below one degree. Therefore, they must use a suitable diving suit to ensure the safety of the body's temperature in the water for about an hour. Only professional divers can perform this type of diving.

For good photos, scientific photographers often face many dangers.

However, in addition to the danger of facing the environmental temperature and the pressure of water when diving deep, scientific photographers also face the danger from the sea magician. This is the only mammal that lives in the water very "understandably" with humans.

'We are told by biologists that they must not invade the maritime space and take any action to provoke them , ' Nachoum said.

Nachoum said: 'The newspaper is a cruel and silent predator, it will ambush its prey by waiting in silence at the bottom of the canals running along the island. After that, he plunged into the prey and held it firmly with his strong teeth. One of the most familiar behaviors I've ever seen in the picture of the wildlife world is that the sea leopard will take prey to the surface of the water and shake it until it's soft, then eat it. '

Although Nachoum used to dive with white sharks, photographing polar bears in mineral waters close to him, the biggest fear for him was the newspaper.

'I have seen them throw themselves into the rocks between a bunch of penguins and ignore everything around to catch a penguin they have targeted. They act alone, decisively for the chosen prey , 'Nachoum said.

Here are some pictures of Amos Nachoum's working process:

The sea newspaper opened its mouth like it wanted to snap the lens off the camera.

The newspaper clung to the penguin with its ferocious teeth.

The sea leopard bit the penguin with its jaw before pulling it up on the water and shaking its prey.