Adult gannets sometimes attack a chick that is not their own if they get to close.

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Gannets (Sula bassana) in a colony on the Bass Rock, off the East coast of Scotland.

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Location: Bass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland
Photo credit: © Tom Gardner / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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