Cape gannet chick (Morus capensis). A pair of Cape gannets would produce a single egg. Once hatched the chick is black and weighs just 70 grams. Within three weeks the chicks body mass will become one third of an adults it and will outweigh the adult within eight weeks. The chick becomes a fledgling when it is 95-105 days old | |
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