A scalped gray-headedalbatross chick onsub-Antarctic MarionIsland gruesomely con-veys the threat sea-birds face from invasivespecies. For reasonsnot entirely under-stood, mice brought tothe island by humans200 years ago havebegun feeding onbirds at night. With noinstinctual fear of thisnew danger, a bird willsit passively while micenibble into its flesh,until it succumbs.
martin jones
(Martin Jones)
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