QUESTION:
My question is, how many pounds a day do a leopard seal eat?

        From Lanastasia L. 


ANSWER from Robin Ross, UCSB Researcher, Member of the LTER Team
            UCSB, Santa Barbara, California
            Wed, 12 Mar 1997 10:35:44 -0800 (PST)


Hello Lanastasia, 

Leopard seals eat 20-22 kg a day, or 44-48 pounds a day.  Remember they eat
many different things - young penguins, young crabeater seals, krill etc. 
They are not very fussy!

Thanks for the question,
Robin