Niwa wants to find the owner of the footage, which was on a USB stick found entombed in seal poo. For more than a year a frozen slab of leopard seal poo, which is scientifically known as 'scat', has sat in a Niwa freezer. READ MORE:* Quite the swim for a young sea lion* Sea lion numbers roaring back to health* Woman filmed taunting critically endangered sea lion* Warning after tourist lies next to sea lion for 'flippant' Instagram snapHupman's work also includes analysing leopard seal sightings to determine if they are becoming more common in New Zealand waters. NIWA/SUPPLIED This photo of a sea lion on a Southland beach was found on a USB stick swallowed by a leopard seal. It was a USB stick and Magnan wasn't impressed.

Source: Stuff February 05, 2019 03:34 UTC