Blue, Paradise or Stanley Cranes (Anthropoides paradisea). Parent bird feeding alongside chicks, drawn eye nictitating membrane.
Blue, Paradise or Stanley Cranes (Anthropoides paradisea). Parent bird feeding alongside chicks, has drawn nictitating membrane across an eye as an instinctive protective reaction to the close proximity of chicks alongside, competatively taking food.
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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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