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Description: | The white chinned petrel is a large seabird found throughout the Southern Hemisphere. The birds are powerful flyers and wander many thousands of miles across the oceans. They breed on islands in the Southern Ocean with the largest colonies nesting on South Georgia. They frequently follow fishing boats in search of food, and this makes them vulnerable to becoming ensnared in nets and lines and drowning. Many thousands die this way every year and the population is beginning to decline. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East animals natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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