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It was a triumphant return to the nest for this year's Royal Albatross Cam chick! On January 17, rangers from New Zealand's Department of Conservation removed the egg to a secure incubator as soon as pipping began in order to safeguard the hatching chick from "flystrike", where flies attack the immobile hatching chick, laying eggs that, when hatched, can imperil the survival of the chick. The chick finished hatching in the incubator on January 21, and it was returned to the care of the adult at