单词 | giant petrel |
例句 | When giant petrels, predatory birds, arrive, the cameras follow one as it skulks with thuglike concentration, looking for a vulnerable chick. Around Town for Children for Aug. 2-8 2013-08-01T22:28:16Z Southern giant petrels, big black seabirds also called Antarctic giant petrels, giant fulmars, stinkers, and stinkpots, flew in formation. In Chilean Patagonia, Following a Track to the End of the World 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z As well as the destruction of wildlife habitat during construction, the operation of the completed airport would bring regular disruption to breeding colonies of southern giant petrels, seals and Adélie penguins. 'A real bad precedent': Australia criticised for Antarctica airport plan 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z It may or may not be coincidental that giant petrels are unusual among petrels in exhibiting strong sexual dimorphism – perhaps the strongest dimorphism reported in any seabird. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z Other species have also been oiled, including giant petrels and fur seal pups, though the penguins seem to be the primary victims of the spill. Green: A Race Against Time to Save Oiled Penguins 2011-03-25T00:54:08Z We came across our first emperor penguin, a young one, and two sea-leopards, besides crab-eater seals, many penguins, some giant petrels, and a Wilson petrel. South with Scott The most interesting example of Polar colouring here is the increased proportion of albinos amongst the giant petrels found in high latitudes. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I I also saw—but beyond aim—a giant petrel; its dimensions were truly astonishing. An Antarctic Mystery A case of chick adoption in southern giant petrels Macronectes giganteus in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z We came across several giant petrel rookeries, and were treated to a display of the "stinker's" ability to make himself objectionable. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Ordinarily their food is obtained from the water, but at Macquarie Island they live almost entirely upon the carcases left by the sealers, and are usually seen defending their rights against skuas and giant petrels. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 They visited Caroline Cove where is established a giant petrel rookery containing about four hundred birds, and gathered a large number of eggs—purely specimens, as they are no use otherwise. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The gentoo penguins, as well as the giant petrels, had hatched their eggs, and the parent birds were shouldering full responsibilities. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 These birds, properly called giant petrels, are usually known as "nellies" or "stinkers"; the latter title being thoroughly justified on account of the disagreeable smell which comes from them. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Blake and Hamilton went out early on a photographing excursion, and, later on, the latter shot and skinned a white giant petrel. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 In going over to the meteorological screen one morning I saw a giant petrel flapping about in the tussock, gorged to such an extent that it could not rise. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 McLean was busy collecting biological specimens, managing to secure a large number of parasites from penguins, skua gulls, giant petrels, snow petrels, Wilson petrels, seals and an Emperor penguin, which came up on the harbour-ice. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The penguins remained in Adelie Land for the longest period—almost six months, the skua gulls and giant petrels for five months, and the rest for a shorter period—the tolerable season of midsummer. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The silver-grey petrels and Cape pigeons were only abroad during that season and were accompanied by skua gulls, giant petrels, Wilson petrels, and penguins. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 |
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