King-size fast food for Antarctic fur seals
International audience The study of scats of adult male Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella (AFS) revealed occasional frequent capture of penguins. Although AFS adult males have been occasionally reported to kill king penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus at the shore, here we report the first obse...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00527418v1 2024-02-11T09:59:00+01:00 King-size fast food for Antarctic fur seals Charbonnier, Yohan Delord, Karine Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2010-10-19 https://hal.science/hal-00527418 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0753-8 en eng HAL CCSD Springer Verlag info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s00300-009-0753-8 hal-00527418 https://hal.science/hal-00527418 doi:10.1007/s00300-009-0753-8 ISSN: 0722-4060 EISSN: 1432-2056 Polar Biology https://hal.science/hal-00527418 Polar Biology, 2010, 33, pp.721-724. ⟨10.1007/s00300-009-0753-8⟩ Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella King penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus Direct observation Aquatic capture [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2010 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0753-8 2024-01-27T23:51:16Z International audience The study of scats of adult male Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella (AFS) revealed occasional frequent capture of penguins. Although AFS adult males have been occasionally reported to kill king penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus at the shore, here we report the first observations of at-sea predation by AFS on adult king penguins in the Crozet archipelago, southern Indian Ocean. During our 20 days survey, we observed 17 penguins attacked and either severely injured or killed and consumed. Only AFS adult males were seen catching king penguins successfully. Some adult females and sub-adults also attempted to catch penguins, either at sea or in land, and so did subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis individuals. Our results confirm the ability of fur seals to catch and predate large seabirds, even at sea. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Fur Seal Antarctic Fur Seals Arctocephalus gazella King Penguins Polar Biology Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Antarctic Indian Polar Biology 33 5 721 724 |
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International audience The study of scats of adult male Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella (AFS) revealed occasional frequent capture of penguins. Although AFS adult males have been occasionally reported to kill king penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus at the shore, here we report the first observations of at-sea predation by AFS on adult king penguins in the Crozet archipelago, southern Indian Ocean. During our 20 days survey, we observed 17 penguins attacked and either severely injured or killed and consumed. Only AFS adult males were seen catching king penguins successfully. Some adult females and sub-adults also attempted to catch penguins, either at sea or in land, and so did subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis individuals. Our results confirm the ability of fur seals to catch and predate large seabirds, even at sea. |
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ISSN: 0722-4060 EISSN: 1432-2056 Polar Biology https://hal.science/hal-00527418 Polar Biology, 2010, 33, pp.721-724. ⟨10.1007/s00300-009-0753-8⟩ |
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