Lobodon carcinophagus
Translingual
Etymology
From the mistaken belief that they eat crabs. (They eat krill.)
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Phocidae – the crab-eater seal or krill-eater seal, native to the Antarctic ice floes.
Further reading
- Lobodon carcinophagus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lobodon carcinophagus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Lobodon carcinophagus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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