Talk about a seal-fie! These are the hilarious photos of a photobombing seal.
The cheeky leopard seal pops into the frame of one of Alexandre Voyers photographs.
The stunning pictures were taken by a team of French divers who dived down with the cheeky leopard seal who swam up close and personal to the camera.
The photographs in this series were taken during a French trip to Antarctica organized by yacht enthusiast Gilles Rigaud, who called his adventure “the most precise circumpolar expedition of all time.”
The leopard seal swims around Alexandre Voyer, getting up close and personal
The leopard seals are fierce, but our skipper informed us that he had a wonderful time playing with them.
“They are enormous animals, but they are also extremely inquisitive about us—these are wild animals that have never seen any human before, so we need to treat them with great respect.
The leopard seal swims around Alexandre Voyer, getting up close and personal
“It was fantastic to see them assert their authority, but when they realized we were only poor swimmers and weren’t a threat, they became more playful and familiar with us.”
Alexandre now works as a sound editor for TV commercials, but he spent his childhood in French Polynesia and has been interested in the ocean since he was little.
Alexandre trains almost every day, either at his local swimming pool in Paris or by free diving in the ocean.
He said: “You have to be in good shape to do this sort of thing – for the moment, I’m training with athletes in Paris pools.”
