Penguins Strike Back: A Report on the Unusual Case of Adélie Penguin ( Pygoscelis adeliae ) Attacks on South Polar Skua Nests Distant from the Breeding Colony

Colonial seabirds use various methods to defend their nests from predators, such as mobbing behavior, emitting alarm calls, vomiting, and defecating. In Antarctica, penguins aggressively defend their territory from skuas in order to guard their offspring, since skuas frequently prey on penguins’ egg...

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Published in:Diversity
Main Authors: Youmin Kim, Jong-U Kim, Hosung Chung, Yeon-Soo Oh, Young-Geun Oh, Jeong-Hoon Kim
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021
Subjects:
inter-specific behavior
Pygoscelis adeliae
Ross Sea region
Stercorarius maccormicki
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Ross Sea
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/d13050181
https://doaj.org/article/5ab9ff227e964545a90586bcc848971b
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Summary:Colonial seabirds use various methods to defend their nests from predators, such as mobbing behavior, emitting alarm calls, vomiting, and defecating. In Antarctica, penguins aggressively defend their territory from skuas in order to guard their offspring, since skuas frequently prey on penguins’ eggs or chicks.

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