2019年12月31日 · It's a dangerous life for a chick on Antarctic shores. Without their parents' protection, they are vulnerable to attacks from skuas and other predators.

2018年1月8日 · The adults bring food—sometimes fish, sometimes penguin—to the little gray-white chick, feeding it tiny morsels. The chicks are stout-bodied and able to walk around the territory soon after they hatch, though they have to beware of skuas and penguins alike.

2020年11月16日 · Most skua nesting sites lie within or near penguin rookeries, and their eggs are vulnerable to being trampled by penguins on their way to the sea. The exposure of the nests also leaves the eggs and chicks more exposed to the intense …

2016年12月19日 · Tom Johnson, a seabird observer on NOAA ships, describes what skuas eat in addition to fish: “During the summer in Antarctica, South Polar Skuas will…end up feeding their young…by catching and killing the chicks of other seabirds…Skuas often take up camp around large seabird colonies like penguin rookeries.”

2009年5月13日 · Mature skuas eat penguins, preying on their chicks and occasionally taking adults. An hour later, the researchers returned to find the chick's real parents, two skua birds, attempting to win back...

Adult Adélie penguins feed their chicks by regurgitating the predigested krill, which can impose an excessive salt intake on the chicks. Adult birds address this problem by altering the ion concentrations while the food is still being held in their stomachs.

2024年11月7日 · South Polar Skuas, a species of the large, predatory seabird family, eat penguin chicks and eggs during the post-breeding season. South American sea lions have been observed feeding penguins in Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands. Orcas, also known as killer whales, hunt animals in groups, and are one of penguins' natural predators.

2024年9月19日 · According to the SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium 's website, he is the largest chick the marine exhibit has ever seen and has a big appetite, eating around 25 fish per day. The aquarium attributes...

Pesto was the first king penguin chick to be hatched at the aquarium since 2022. [8] ... [10] making him the largest king penguin chick to ever live at the aquarium. [4] By that month, he was eating about 25 fish per day and 24 kilograms (53 lb) of fish per week, a healthy quantity for adolescent penguins. ...

Pesto, a nine-month-old penguin chick, has shot to fame for his massive weight of 23.5 kilograms. Pesto the penguin towers over the colony at his Australian aquarium home, a fluffy...