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An adult skua stretches its wings, revealing identification tags used by AMLRscientists to study foraging behavior of an animal throughout a single breedingseason. The tags are molted off with the feathers at the end of the season. (Image credit: NOAA NMFS SWFSC Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) Program | Dr. Wayne Trivelpiece)