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Mouse-Free Marion

HQ 🇿🇦 South Africa · 1 project tracked

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Mice Are Eating Albatross Chicks Alive on Marion Island

Wildlife

🇿🇦 South Africa

House mice reached Marion Island with sealers, ran out of insects, and learned to eat seabird chicks alive in their nests. The chicks, having evolved without predators, do not move.

33percentShare of the world's wandering albatrosses breeding on Marion

60percentFunding target secured