Crabeater seals dwell along the circumpolar pack ice at the edge of the Antarctic continent and adjacent islands. ... Presumably, crabeater seals migrate in search of food during the Antarctic winter but their pattern of movement is still unknown.

Do crabeater seals live in Antarctica?

Crabeater seals spend their entire lives in the pack-ice zone surrounding Antarctica, resting, breeding and moulting on the pack-ice, and feeding in the surrounding water. ... They are the most abundant seal species in the Southern Ocean, and the most numerous of all the world's larger animals apart from humans.

Do orcas eat crabeater seals?

As mentioned previously, krill, such as Euphausia superba, not crabs, are the primary food source for crabeater seals. They feed by swimming through schools of krill with their mouth open, sieving the water out using their sophisticated teeth. ... Crabeater seals are preyed on by orca (killer whales) and leopard seals.