Show seals cut steps io in ice seals actually cut steps in the perpendicular cular sides of ice cakes in order to rise from the water for the purpose of breathing members of an antarctic expedition recorded that the seals which formerly were supposed to leave the water catl r by leaping cut steps in tile the slippery surface with wl th the great canine or eye teeth As soon as the teeth are placed in position tile the head Is moved rapidly from side to side until the ice has been cut away sufficiently to afford a footing ft for the front fro n t flippers of the animal anima 1 each step has to be laboriously cut after tills fashion until the body Is far enough out of the water to be thrust up the rest of the way hy by a kick ot of the hind flippers |