The seal feels perfectly safe lying on the Antarctic ice even if it is surrounded by a pod of killer whales.
对于海豹来说,即使有一大群虎鲸在他周围,躺在南极的冰面上他也觉得异常完美。
But within minutes it has been knocked into the water in a clever team tactic before being killed.
但是几分钟之内,被杀之前,他就会按照一定次序进入水中。
These astonishing pictures show how the sea predators work together - and the technique provides meals for killer whales three out of every four times they use it, according to scientists.
这一系列让人吃惊的图片都展示了海洋捕食者是怎样合作的,而据科学家们书,虎鲸每顿饭都要用三四次这样的方法进行捕食。
Research has also found that the mammals - around 26ft in length and weighing more than six tonnes - carefully butcher the prey underwater, co-operating as they skin and dissect the seals.
研究还发现这种重达六吨的哺乳类动物,在水底捕食海豹的时候,也会互相合作。
Dr Robert Pitman, a marine scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in California, took the stunning images of the pod going in for the kill.
在加利福尼亚州国家海洋和大气管理局的海洋科学家罗伯特·皮特曼博士,拍到了这群动物如何一起进行猎杀的图片。
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