Travel Notes | The Farthest South – Antarctica (4)-Penguin World

During the limited time we landed in Antarctica, the penguins were the most photographed.

We have seen penguins in Cape Town, South Africa, and Melbourne, Australia, in the past, but the number here is surprising. Every time we land, we will find penguins all over the mountains and plains living here.

According to the Antarctic Convention, we must keep a distance of more than 5 meters from penguins, and we are not allowed to make loud noises, let alone chase penguins. However, we often encounter penguins chasing us.

Penguins mainly prey on red Antarctic krill, so their excrement is also red, which inevitably contaminates the white abdominal feathers.

Tuxedo

Gentoo Penguin, also known as Gentoo Penguin, also known as "White-browed Penguin"

Adult golden penguins are generally 75 to 90 centimeters tall and weigh 5.5 to 6 kilograms. Each golden penguin has a broad white stripe on its head and an obvious white spot above its eyes, which looks like a white eyebrow, so it is called "white-browed penguin".

The beak of the golden penguin is slender, and the beak and webs are orange-red. It looks fresh and beautiful, and it looks quite cute. It is called the "gentleman penguin".

You can see many penguins on the roadIt is along this walkway that they go into the sea to feed. Therefore, the expedition team asked us to try not to stand in the path of the penguins, because the penguins can easily get lost.

penguin eggs

Even when hatching eggs, chirping and gossiping are indispensable.

eloquent

Hard-working porter

sing loudly

sanctimonious

High-spirited

You chase me

boat and distance

polite

Encounter on a narrow road

Flying close to the ground

ID photo

Same-sex repulsion

The penguin's nest is made of a pile of small stones. Incubating eggs on it can protect it from cold wind, snow and water. The stone nests are built by picking up small stones. When resources are in short supply, they have to rely on stealing and robbing, so it is common for them to noisy and yell at each other.

biwingbird

civilization step

gentleman

hide and seek

good pal

This is a hooded penguin. I didn’t even notice it when I took the photo. Only when we came back did we realize that what we saw this time were mainly golden penguins, and there were very few hooded penguins.

The chinstrap penguin has a black stripe at the bottom of its neck. The Antarctic wind is strong and the peaked cap on the small head is afraid of blowing away, so I tie a black belt. Their height is 50cm, and the average adult weight is about 4kg, which is the weight of a fat duck.

Penguins are typical seabirds. Although they cannot fly, their swimming ability is the fastest among all birds. Many waterbirds swim by paddling through the water with their webbed feet. Although penguins also have webbed feet, they are only used as rudders to control direction. The power to move forward depends entirely on the pair of oars. wings, fluttering in the water.

Penguins bring vitality to the cold, lonely world of ice and snow in Antarctica, and it is precisely because of penguins that our memories of Antarctica become vivid and warm.