Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) (right) trying to interfere with another adult feeding a chick, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands. Image 2 of a sequence of 5.
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Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) (right) trying to interfere with another adult feeding a chick, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands. Image 2 of a sequence of 5.
I have no idea what was behind this unusual behaviour. Did the interfering adult think that it was its chick? Or was it trying to kidnap it, having lost its own?