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Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) (centre) trying to interfere with another adult feeding a chick, Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands. Image 1 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?
Photo ID: FAL_3748_Rockhopper_Penguin_(Eudyptes_chrysocome_chrysocome)__Bleaker_Island__East_Falkland_RCrsESA
Photo size: 16.1 Mpixels (46.1 MB uncompressed) - 4230x3810 pixels (14.1x12.7 in / 35.8x32.3 cm at 300 ppi)
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