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Sub-Antartic Skua flying next to boat

We had a couple of Sub-Antartic Skuas flying next ro our boat this morning.  They are so powerful and beautiful. These guys were checking us out and hoping for fish handouts. They got a couple but had to work for it. One thing I learned is that these birds have pouches on the inside of their neck where they store food instead of eating it all at once. The pouches turn the food into a puree that they eat later on. They do this because these birds spend long hours and days over the ocean.

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