Gannets are large black and white seabirds that practise spectacular fishing skills. Strong and streamlined, they plunge into the ocean from considerable heights and at break-neck speed, in pursuit of fish - it is an amazing show. They breed in tightly packed colonies on islands and coasts, where a single egg per couple is laid. There are three species of gannet: the northern gannet of the Atlantic ocean, the cape gannet of south Africa and the Australasian gannet of Australia and New Zealand.

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