Gentoo penguins are the 3rd largest species of penguin. They breed on the Antarctic peninsula and on Subantarctic islands, using snow free areas to build their nest of stones. Often the nests lie quite high up and the birds have to struggle uphill. Downwards they like to toboggan on their bellies;-)
These photos are from Peterman Island where all 3 species of pygoscelis can be watched (apart from gentoo also Adelie/ Pygoscelis adeliae and chinstrap/Pygoscelis antarcticus). Visitors should keep their distance and never block the birds' way to the sea.
ukaht.org/latest-news/22-interesting-facts-about-gentoo-penguins
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eselspinguin
Hopping
Climbing
Tobogganing
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Franck Chabal said:
J'ai adoré le film "la marche de l'empereur"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqSsWkZiy0Y
Gudrun replied to Franck Chabal:
It's such a shame that avian flu is decimating the number of penguins when they are already struggling with climate change.
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Keith Burton said:
Thanks for sharing the link to the Antarctic Heritage Trust.....I've bookmarked it to read it later.
I'm a bit envious of the penguins at the moment.........it looks nice and cool where they are ;-)))
Annemarie said:
Annemarie said:
happy evening!
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