Abstract

Colonial seabirds use various methods to defend their nests from predators [...]

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  • Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations

  • Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) sometimes crowd into skua nests located near the colony on the way to the sea and trample their eggs accidentally [6,7]

  • We present unusual photographs in which south polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) nests were attacked by Adélie penguins despite being far from the penguin colony

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Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. 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. Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) sometimes crowd into skua nests located near the colony on the way to the sea and trample their eggs accidentally [6,7].

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