A Nazca, or masked, booby, nurtures the recently hatched chick in its Galapagos ground nest; the second egg will be ignored

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Size: 4465px × 2736px
Location: Genovesa island, Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, Pacific ocean
Photo credit: © Marion Kaplan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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