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Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) video
An adult accidentally kicking its young into the water, then trying to rescue it.
- Recorded 17 September 2010
- Added to IBC 1 year 26 weeks ago
- Robert Schaefer
- Location Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp tenebrosa).
- Duration 56 sec
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The pond contained numerous large, voracious eels: at the end of the sequence the adult chases one away but the chick was undoubtedly doomed.