#pygoscelis

[ridiculousbirdfaces]

A Big Yawn by mharoldsewell Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

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A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) nests on the Falkland Islands

by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

[birdblues]

Gentoo Penguin

[brush-tailed]

Unsure as to how tumblr is and how it works. Here are some penguins.

[herpsandbirds]

Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua), family Spheniscidae, Antarctica

photograph by Jens Wikström

[drhoz]

Gentoo penguins like to hunt for fish, krill, and squid! Learn more amazing facts about the Gentoo penguin in this video from National Geographic Kids.

[niko-octonaut]

[psikonauti]

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) in Antarctica

Photographed by Luis Solano Pochet

[todropscience]

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.

[haveyouseenthisanimal-irl]

[aticketplz]

ずっと泳いでるジェンツーがいて、ずっと美しくて、ありがたかった

@海響館

Your swimming is really beautiful.

@Kaikyokan

[mudwerks]

(via This penguin survives on 4-second microsleeps — thousands of times a day)

Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) nod off more than 10,000 times a day for an average of 4 seconds at a time, researchers have found. The short snoozes, which add up to more than 11 hours of daily sleep, seem to be enough to fulfil at least some of the restorative functions of sleep, according to a study published today in Science1.

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A group of Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) porpoising in South Georgia

by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

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Chinstrap Penguin

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Gerlache killer whale Orcinus orca

With gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua

Observed by jroderick, CC BY-NC

[herpsandbirds]

Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), family Spheniscidae, Antarctica

photograph by Grant Dixon