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Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) - Falkland Islands

An injured rockhopper penguin pauses halfway from the ocean to its colony. Rockhoppers negotiate ocean-going swells, surf and sharp rocks when returning to shore from fishing trips. Often predators such as leopard seals, killer whales and elephant seals ambush the penguins as they make their way to shore

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Copyright: © Iain D. Williams, All Rights Reserved. www.AnaspidesPhotography.net
Image Size: 967x1450 / 661.4KB; South Atlantic Falkland Islands Malvinas Wildlife Birds Aves Avian Seabirds Seabird Penguin Penguins Spheniscidae Sphenisciformes Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome Injury Wounded Anaspides Photography Iain D. Williams
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An injured rockhopper penguin pauses halfway from the ocean to its colony. Rockhoppers negotiate ocean-going swells, surf and sharp rocks when returning to shore from fishing trips. Often predators such as leopard seals, killer whales and elephant seals ambush the penguins as they make their way to shore