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    Default Southern Sea lion mauling gentoo penguin

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    Penguins have an incredibly difficult life, and it starts before birth. The predation of eggs and young chicks by raptors, southern petrels, and more is astounding in numbers. I personally watched over 20 eggs and newly hatched chicks (some still having the shell attached) get taken within a few hours at one rookery. I spent two days concentrating on documenting only predation, and I produced a number of amazing images. However, it was the witnessing the ferocity and ease of a southern sea lion attacking, playing with and dismembering a number of adult gentoo penguins in the surf that definitely put things in perspective.

    Southern Sea lion mauling gentoo penguin
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    Excellent behavioral image , Charles. It must have been an amazing experience to watch Mother Nature at work.
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    Happy New year ... Keep safe out there...

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    A wonderful piece of work, Chas. Not easy to view, but an important story to be told and you have done it so well.

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    I too would love to see and document this. You did a great job here Chas. I often rue the fact that I might not have captured the predator's eyes in predation images but it's not about that in these sequences, and seeing images by others that "lack the eye" and work well for me make me perhaps less harsh on myself in these fleeting moments of natural history we can observe and document.
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    Great action captured, congratulations Charles! Very dramatic image and I really appreciate the info provided.

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    Hey Charles, great behavior shot, nicely processed with very good colors and detail/sharpness.
    Still i would prefer to see , at least , a glimpse of the eye.

    TFS Andreas

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