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Penguin Day

Posted onApril 25, 2017April 25, 2017AuthorNick

World Penguin Day (25th April) seems like a good excuse to share some photos of one of Macquarie Island’s four resident penguin species, the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus).

 

Surfing king penguins

And a video of a typically inquisitive and slightly pugnacious posse of kings:

https://farsouthecology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/king-penguins-short.mp4

 

 

 

CategoriesSubantarcticTagsMacquarie Island, penguins

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