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"Even in the coldest storms, a penguin's spirit remains unfrozen. ..
"This photograph captures a colony of Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) on Saunders Island in the Falkland Islands during a vibrant sunset.The image was taken by photographer Charles Bergman, who documented the penguins turning from the sea to face him as he set up his camera."❤️
"A chinstrap penguin, with its long tail feathers, at Portal Point on the Antarctic Peninsula" Credit: Ursula Clare Franklin❤️
Fascinating - "Penguins, being birds, don’t produce "real milk” like mammals do. And it's ONLY the Male Emperor Penguins that produce a special substance or secretion (a thick, fatty, high protein cheesy fluid) that is developed in their crop (a pouch in their throat) & given to feed young chicks."❤️
How Do Penguins Feed Their Chicks?
Did you ever wonder how a penguin finds food in the ocean and then brings it to land to feed its chicks? They’ve adapted amazing methods to survive. Read more!
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"These Gentoo penguins are swimming in a manner termed "porpoising." It is believed the penguins leap out of the water to allow for consistent breathing while swimming and also to confuse potential predators. Porpoising may also help them see where they are going."❤️ Recorded at Falkland Islands.
Penguins jumping out of the waves (Porpoising)
YouTube video by Penguins International
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"Every year, half-a-million penguins return to this remote, rocky coastline to breed and raise their chicks. Cape Adare is a special place because it has been used by Adélie penguins for generations, with evidence showing that the colony has existed for thousands of years."❤️
World's Largest Adélie Penguin Colony at Cape Adare
YouTube video by Richard Sidey
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Just stunning! The magnificent continent, penguins, etc. ❤️❤️❤️
This is Antarctica
YouTube video by Richard Sidey
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"A juvenile Magellanic penguin rests on the sand at Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – a popular tourist spot and surfers’ favourite. After recovering its strength, the penguin rode the waves back into the Atlantic ocean." Photograph by Bob Karp/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock
And another absolutely gorgeous short film by the Tawaki Project of penguins swimming along the shores of New Zealand. Good music too.❤️
Homecoming - Part 2
YouTube video by Tawaki Project
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Gorgeous short film by the Tawaki Project of Erect-crested penguins swimming near the rugged fjords of New Zealand.❤️
Homecoming
YouTube video by Tawaki Project
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"The Tawaki, also known as the Fiordland crested penguin, is a forest-dwelling bird that conducts much of its life hidden in deep foliage, largely inaccessible to humans. Unlike other penguin species, this penguin follows freshwater streams into the jungle and will nest under the rainforest canopy."
In search of New Zealand's most mysterious penguin
The bush-dwelling penguins of New Zealand’s South Island offer Jamie Lafferty an insight into the species’ evolution and migration across the seas.
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Wow, sounds really good❤️ - "A modern polar adventure memoir blending personal travel w/the legacy of one of the most famous Antarctic expeditions - replete with gorgeous photographs & woven throughout with Robinson’s sharp, funny, and personal voice, prepare to take the best journey in the world."
"Amazing & unreal photo by Mat Bell of Australian Geographic - He huddled in a Zodiac boat in icy waters off the Antarctic peninsula and waited patiently for an Adélie penguin to propel itself from the water to the safety of an iceberg. He captured this penguin in an almost levatational-like state."
"A Snowy Sheathbill flies above a Chinstrap Penguin, which stands on lichen-covered rocks at the colony on Half Moon Island, Antarctic Peninsula. The snowy sheathbill is the ONLY land bird native to Antarctica, often stealing food from near penguin colonies (photo by Vicki Jauron, Getty Images)."
"Emperor penguin colony on ice shelf near Mawson, Antarctica. (Photo by: Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)"
Becoming King. A fledgling king penguin will soon be an adult. Molting its juvenile feathers to more robust, waterproof and insulative outer-coat. #photography
"These remote volcanic islands are the ONLY sub-antarctic region with an intact ecosystem, meaning no other species have been introduced by humans, which allows for biological and evolutionary processes to occur naturally. Home to some of the most iconic & significant penguin species on the planet."
Protecting a Penguin Paradise: Heard Island and McDonald Islands - WWF-Australia | Protecting a Penguin Paradise: Heard Island and McDonald Islands | WWF Australia
In the heart of the Southern Ocean lies a haven for wildlife: Heard Island and McDonald Islands (known as HIMI) - home to some of the most iconic and ecologically significant penguin species on the pl...
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVocal Gentoo penguin colony on Antarctica 2024 #travel #penguins
@myeonghoseo shows us the penguin highway in Cape Hallett, Antarctica: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
"A lonely iceberg floats on the Antarctic Channel, its gate-like ice entrance welcomes, a kind of homecoming perhaps: We sprang from nature, and now we might reenter into it. “We must not have the pretention that we are the only rational animal on the planet,” Salgado said."
“The amazing photographer, Sebastião Salgado, in his epic project, “Genesis” set out to capture Antarctica’s breathtaking beauty and he succeeded beyond even his own high expectations. Deception Island with its concealed hot springs is favored by Chinstrap Penguins."
"No one in the history of the world has had more faith in the face of separation and uncertainty than the PENGUIN." - Maria Popova (author, great article)!❤️ The King Penguin, painting by Thomas Waterman Wood, 1871
How Evolution Invented Faith: The Patience of the Penguin and the Art of Withstanding Abandonment
“Let us love this distance which is wholly woven of friendship, for those who do not love each other are not separated,” Simone Weil wrote in her soulful meditation on the paradox of cl…
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"To help accelerate the creation of the Domain 1 Marine Protected Area - This is more than a film. It is an expedition, a call to action, and a movement to protect Antarctica's fragile ecosystems and the krill-based food web at the heart of the Southern Ocean."
ANTARCTICA – DOMAIN ONE | Surf, Science & Conservation Documentary | Gauchos del Mar
YouTube video by GAUCHOS DEL MAR
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4 shades of blue in Antarctica by David Burdeny "The image captures different natural blue tones created by Antarctic ice, ocean water, shadows, and reflected light. Glacier ice absorbs most colors in sunlight except blue, creating multiple shades across the frozen landscape." by Nature is Amazing
Emperor penguin chicks toddle around in Antarctica. This group is a creche, a group formed by chicks when their parents are out foraging for food.
