El objetivo del presente trabajo fue caracterizar la dieta de Spheniscus humboldti de los alrededores de Punta San Juan, Punta Caballa y Sombrerillo-Ica, Perú durante los años 1992, 1993 y 1996. Se estudiaron 378 estómagos provenientes de captura incidental durante operaciones de pesca artesanal de Seriorella violacea, utilizando redes agalleras. La alimentación de S. humboldti comprendió 27 especies. De acuerdo al coeficiente alimentario numérico, los ítems primarios fueron: Teuthida, Isacia conceptionis, Cheilodactylus variegatus, Sciaena deliciosa, Seriolella violacea, Stromateus stellatus, Eugraulis ringens, Opistonema liberate, Normanichthys crockery, Odonthestes regia, Myctophum nitidulum, Merluccius gayi y Leuroglossus stilbius. La dieta de S. humboldti se considera especialista y con amplitud de dieta. Se observaron diferencias en la dieta de S. humboldti interanual, debid...

Throughout the skunks' distribution range, several kinds of conflicts between these animals and human beings have been recorded. In Peru, although these issues seem to be common, records thereof have been merely anecdotal. Here we describe, for the first time, the relationships between people and skunks in a Peruvian area. The study was conducted in five villages of the Chaupihuaranga River basin, in Pasco department. Interviews were made to collect information about people's attitude toward Molina's hog-nosed skunks, the uses given to this animal, hunting methods and number of hunted skunks. Almost all interviewees (97.8%) considered skunks as harmful animals and the majority (87%) admitted hunting them. Skunks are mainly hunted to control the damage they cause to the crop fields, but they are also used as food, in traditional medicine and to make decorative elements. Two hunting modali...