Gentoo penguin defends its dead chick (right), Phalcoboenus australis

Gentoo penguin defends its dead chick (right), from the striated caracara (left) that has just killed it. The penguin continued to defend its lifeless chick for hours, in spite of the futility and inevitability of the final result. Striated caracaras eventually took possession of the dead chick and fed upon it. Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua, natural history stock photograph, photo id 24075
Gentoo penguin defends its dead chick (right), from the striated caracara (left) that has just killed it. The penguin continued to defend its lifeless chick for hours, in spite of the futility and inevitability of the final result. Striated caracaras eventually took possession of the dead chick and fed upon it. Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom

Species: Gentoo penguin, Striated caracara, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24075
Format: Digital 3:2
Keywords: animal, animalia, atlantic, australis, aves, bird, bird of prey, brush-tailed penguin, caracara, carcass island, chordata, falconidae, falconiformes, falkland islands, falklands, gentoo, gentoo penguin, island, islas malvinas, malvinas, marine, oceans, outdoors, outside, papua, penguin, phalcoboenus, phalcoboenus australis, pygoscelis, pygoscelis papua, raptor, sea bird, seabird, south atlantic, southern ocean, spheniscidae, sphenisciformes, steeple jason island, striated caracara, united kingdom, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife
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