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The coasts are home to seabirds, penguins, and seals, which feed in the surrounding ocean, including the [[emperor penguin]], which famously breeds in the cold, dark Antarctic winter. | The coasts are home to seabirds, penguins, and seals, which feed in the surrounding ocean, including the [[emperor penguin]], which famously breeds in the cold, dark Antarctic winter. | ||
Seabirds of the coast include southern fulmar | Seabirds of the coast include [[southern fulmar]], the scavenging [[southern giant petrel]], [[Cape petrel]], [[snow petrel]], [[Wilson's storm-petrel]], the large [[south polar skua]], and [[Antarctic petrel]]. | ||
The seals of the [[Antarctic Ocean]] include [[leopard seal]] ''(Hydrurga leptonyx)'', [[Weddell seal]] ''(Leptonychotes weddellii)'', the huge [[southern elephant seal]] ''(Mirounga leonina)'', [[crabeater seal]] ''(Lobodon carcinophagus)'' and [[Ross seal]] | The seals of the [[Antarctic Ocean]] include [[leopard seal]] ''(Hydrurga leptonyx)'', [[Weddell seal]] ''(Leptonychotes weddellii)'', the huge [[southern elephant seal]] ''(Mirounga leonina)'', [[crabeater seal]] ''(Lobodon carcinophagus)'' and [[Ross seal]]. | ||
[[Category: Geography of Antarctica]] | [[Category: Geography of Antarctica]] |