00:00:03these emperor penguins are near the end
00:00:06of a two-week fishing marathon bringing
00:00:08food for their hungry chicks waiting
00:00:10miles away but a challenger threatens
00:00:13the entire competition a leopard seal
00:00:16way to the shoreline it’s hungry too
00:00:24some Emperor’s make the leap on shore
00:00:27before it can reach them the leopard
00:00:30seal is patient it knows it controls the
00:00:34playing field superb athletes they sense
00:00:37the leopard seal and reverse direction
00:00:39in a split second seeing an opening more
00:00:47and more penguins stream up and out onto
00:00:49the ice the momentum seems to turn the
00:00:55way of the Penguins dozens make the leap
00:00:58to the safety of land until the leopard
00:01:02seal changes the rules of the game
00:01:07the Penguins scrambled to get away out
00:01:11of the water both the seal and the
00:01:13Penguins lose their speed and agility
00:01:16only desperation remains the leopard
00:01:20seal snares a penguin for the seal
00:01:23victory seems certain but the game is
00:01:28not over yet
00:01:29penguins will go limp rather than
00:01:32struggle the leopard seal loses its grip
00:01:34the penguin will make a break for it
00:01:36this one is gone like a shock it rejoins
00:01:44us teammates safely waiting at a
00:01:46distance leopard seal though doesn’t
00:01:49give up it still has good field position
00:01:51and now element of surprise the leopard
00:01:58seal won’t lose its grip this time takes
00:02:01its prize into the sea for all but one
00:02:03these competitors have won the fight to
00:02:06see another day
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