Life Cycle
Leopard seals come to land to mate.Mating season is during October and November.After nine months the female leopard seal digs a hole.Then she has a baby.After she has a baby she will not eat for several days.The baby leopard seal is called a pup.The female leopard seal takes care of the seal pup without the males help.The seal pup begins swimming at 21 days of age.The female seal nurses the pup until the pup is one month old.After that the pup eats krill before hunting meat.Adult leopard seals can live up to 26 years.The killer whale is the leopard seals only preditore.