It must reach the grassy feeding grounds below, but in order to get there, the barnacle gosling must plummet ... It's a rite of passage for these cliff-nesting birds, but it does not make it ...

Scanning electron micrograph of a filter feeding appendage (cirri) from a goose barnacle (Lepas). Goose barnacles are non-motile crustaceans that live in the sea attached to rocks and floating objects ...