ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 4月3日 06時16分

Photo by @FransLanting The outcome of king penguin love is one fluffy chick, which takes a year to mature. This one has survived the long cold winter when parents go far offshore and hardly ever come back to feed their offspring. It’s an ordeal for young king penguins and a thick brown downy coat helps them with survival. When whalers first reached South Georgia, they were amazed by these penguin chicks, and thought they were a different species than their parents. This young king penguin has only a month or so to go before it can take its first plunge into the frigid waters surrounding South Georgia, near Antarctica. The seas there are brimming with krill which sustains spectacular numbers of penguins, other seabirds, and marine mammals. This is truly one of the great wildlife sanctuaries on the planet. Follow me @FransLanting for more stories about South Georgia Island and the king penguins who live there.

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