#gentoo penguins

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No more than a week old, gentoo penguin chicks nestle against a parent on Steeple Jason, Falklands. Gentoos typically lay two eggs. They stay year-round in colonies linked to the sea by pathways that experience rush hours in the morning when they head out and in the evening when they return.

PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL NICKLEN

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Penguin Cove

Some of the King,Gentoo,Humboldt and Rockhopper penguins in a part of the Penguin Cove in Bird Paradise. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

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SPHEN (2013-Died August 22nd 2024,at 11).Sphen and Magic were two male gentoo penguins at the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium. After meeting in 2018, they adopted and raised two chicks together, becoming internationally famous and symbolic for the Australian gay rights movement. Sphen died in August 2024, at the age of 11.Sphen and Magic - Wikipedia

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Gentoo Penguins in Antarctica

Birger Strahl

Name: Gentoo penguin

Scientific Name: Pygoscelis papua

Class: Aves

Domain: Eukaryota

Family: Spheniscidae

Location: Antarctica and Sub Antarctic Islands

Conservation status: Least concern

Diet: Crustaceans (krill), fish, squid

DISTRIBUTION

Antarctic Peninsula, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands

ECOSYSTEM/HABITAT

Nest on flat or rocky beaches and beach grass; feed in cold nearshore waters

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Gentoo penguin and chicks, western Antarctic peninsula.

Patrick J. Andres

Alaskaphotographics.com

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Hellooo

Photo source: Sadie Muncy

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The Best of Brown Bluff

After a week of island-hopping along the Antarctic Peninsula, Leah and finally set foot on the continent of Antarctica. And because this was Viking’s sole continental visit, the expedition team was particularly busy transporting the remaining 352 passengers to Brown Bluff while overseeing a range of other outdoor activities throughout the day. Our group was instructed to report to Deck 2 during…

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Day 10. The land of 8,000 penguins.

Today was the final day of expeditions on our Antarctica adventure and nature pulled out all the stops for us. Come see for yourself.

Wednesday, December 17, 2023 Debora Ragland BuerkThe Write StuffLooking at life from a different POV. Final Excursion. The grand finale with a cast of thousands. YANKEE HARBOUR, ANTARCTICA—Today was our final day in Antarctica for expeditions. It was like the finale of the 1812 Overature when the cannons are roaring and the fireworks are opening overhead. It was a day I wanted to give nature…

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Jennifer Hadley

Comedy Wildlife 2022 “People’s Choice Award”

Funny gentoo penguins in the Falkland Islands

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I'd like to believe that Simon Riley is the kind of guy to watch animal documentaries.

One night, he watches one about Gentoo penguins, who mate for life. The males court their chosen partners by presenting them with the smoothest pebble he can find, and should his potential mate accept, that pebble becomes the foundation for the nest they will build together.

While on deployment, Simon searches the ground and rubble for the smoothest, most appealing rock he can find -- it's not like he has much else to do during downtime -- and then he gives it to you.

You don't really know what to make of it at first, but the mere act of accepting it opened the way to receiving pebbles each and every time he comes back from deployment, or anywhere else really. Now you have rocks from all around the world. And also from outside the barber shop and the bakery and the beach....

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Gentoo Penguins

Paul Souders/The Image Bank/Getty Images

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Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) in Antarctica

Photographed by Luis Solano Pochet

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A Big Yawn by mharoldsewell Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

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During 2022, argentinian researchers studying penguins in Antarctica found a melanistic gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) with an unusual plumage coloration in Esperanza/Hope Bay, north of the Antarctic Peninsula. The unusual coloration of the penguin was identified as melanism, a genetic condition that causes an excess of melanin pigment in feathers, this phenomenon is also found in other vertebrates. This partially black gentoo pengui appeared to be in good health and exhibited normal behavior. According to scientists, melanism is unusual, and may occurs in one in 250,000 penguins.

Reference: Nigro, et al. 2023. A case of melanism in a Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) at Esperanza/Hope Bay, Antarctica. Polar Biol.

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“Gentoo Love”

Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Photographed by Thomas D. Mangelsen