Can you hunt animals in Antarctica?

Answer 1

Animals that die on the Antarctic continent are generally baby animals that become prey to other breeding animals, that need food for their own babies.

For example, an adult, breeding Skua will take a baby Penguin to feed the Skua chicks.

There is no recreational or commercial hunting on Antarctica, because no animals live there. All animals on the continent are sea mammals and sea birds the visit Antarctica's beaches to breed.

Answer 2

There are no animals that live on the Antarctic Continent, although penguins and seals among others, come to the edges of the continent to breed and fledge their young.

Antarctica's land regions have such a harsh climate and sparse vegetation that only microscopic animals and primitive insects live there. Invertebrates include mites and springtails, as well as wingless midges, which grows up to 12 mm (0.47 in) long and are the largest land animals. The damp soil provides homes for protozoa, nematodes, tardigrades, and other tiny forms of animal life. Most visible life is in the ocean or along the shoreline, and includes penguins, seals, seabirds, fish, plankton, whales, and other aquatic creatures.
Humans are the only animals that 'can be found' in Antarctica. These are temporary workers and scientists at the research stations.

Otherwise, no animals live on the Antarctic continent: it's too cold and there is no food chain.

Answer 3

Emperor Penguin, Adelie Penguin, Chinstrap Penguin, Gentoo Penguin, King Penguin, Macaroni Penguin, Rockhopper Penguin, Royal Penguin, Erect-crested Penguin, Yellow-eyed Penguin, Skua, Giant petrel, Snow petrel, and Albatross all spend time in and around beaches in the Antarctic region, especially during breeding season.

Humpback whale, Minke whale, Southern Right whale, Killer whale, Blue whale, Southern elephant seal, Crabeater seal, Weddell seal, Leopard seal, Ross seal, dolphins, squid, krill and a huge variety of fish and food-chain marine life live in the Southern Ocean waters that surround Antarctica.

There are no land animals in the Antarctic, because it's too cold to support any kind of food chain.

Answer 4

No animals inhabit Antarctica with the exception of one type of flightless midge, Belgica antarctica.

However, sea birds and sea mammals do breed on Antarctica's beaches, and when their young are independent they all return to their home habitat, the sea.

Answer 5

Hunting animals south of 60 degrees South Latitude is prohibited by The Antarctic Treaty. This includes Antarctica.

Answer 6

No animal has 'lived' in Antarctica since it became positioned at the southern polar latitudes of planet earth. It's too cold and there is no food chain.

Answer 7

Sea mammals, such as seals, visit Antarctica's beaches to breed. The same is true of sea birds, such as penguins, terns and albatross.

Answer 8

The Japanese hunt whales. Strictly no hunting of any animals is allowed in the Antarctic but it's apparently not enforced very well because the Japanese frequently hunt whales there for meat.

Answer 9

No. This is forbidden by the Antarctic Treaty. Plus, there are no native animals to hunt on the continent.