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Empty Shell

Caption:

The shell of a recently devoured penguin egg is a sign of the shrinking Adelie penguin colony at Cape Royds, located on Ross Island. Skua birds are the main prey of penguin eggs.

Empty Shell
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Credit: Photograph by Melanie Conner, NSF
Year of Image: 2002

Categories:

POLAR SCIENCE / Antarctic

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No additional restrictions--beyond NSF's general restrictions--have been placed on this image. For a list of general restrictions that apply to this and all images in the NSF Image Library, see the section "Conditions".

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