Southern rockhopper penguins (IMAGE)

University of Wyoming

Southern rockhopper penguins

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A rookery of Southern rockhopper penguins nests between a rocky slope and a tussac grassland. The penguins bring in nutrients from the ocean directly to the grasses at the Kidney Island National Nature Reserve in the Falkland Islands.

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Dulcinea Groff

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