Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) with their three-month-old chicks (grey). The adults feed them by regurgitating fish. These are the only penguins to breed during the Antarctic winter. Each pair produces a single egg,which the males incubate on their feet,surviving the extreme cold by huddling in large groups. Males fast during the two-month incubation period and lose almost half their body mass by the end. The emperor is the largest of the penguins,standing around 115 centimetres tall and weighing 30 to 40 kilograms. Photographed at Cape Washington,Antarctica | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Allan, Doug |
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