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Left to fend for themselves by their parents, hundreds of cormorant chicks have been saved from certain death by the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCOBB).
The avian orphans' sudden abandonment was noticed at cormorant nesting sites on rocky outcrops off Robben Island, the location of Nelson Mandela's apartheid imprisonment.
800 of the 2,000 cormorants brought into the Cape Town sanctuary have since succumbed to weakness and dehydration, but the survivors are thriving and have since developed a healthy appetite, devouring a tonne of sardines each week.
Unable to manage food by themselves, the most diminutive chicks are hand fed and hydrated by syringe, a job undertaken by the 50 or so volunteers who pitch in at the centre.
Having reached a healthy weight, the young seabirds are relocated to a larger enclosure.
Following the growth of the plumage feathers that render them waterproof, the cormorants will be returned to the wild.
SANCOBB manager Nicky Stander has been overseeing the chicks' recovery.
Following consultations with scientists, SANCOBB have determined food shortages as being the most likely reason for the mysterious mass stranding.
As Nicky Stander explains, this may signal the start of a worrying trend.
