emperor penguins
Tallest flightless seabirds
Emperor penguins are the largest species of penguin, native to Antarctica.
They're famous for breeding during the harsh Antarctic winter, with males incubating eggs on their feet for months while females hunt at sea.
The species has become iconic in nature documentaries: We watched the emperor penguins huddle against the blizzard.
- huddleClose protective gathering
- iceWater's solid form
- ice sheetThick glacial landmass covering
- frozen wastelandDesolate ice-covered region
- sub-zero temperaturesBelow thirty-two Fahrenheit
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- polar regionsAntarctica, polar bears, Arctic Ocean, glaciers, Arctic
- seabirdspelican, pelicans, seagull, gull, gulls
- nektondolphins, whales, sharks, sea turtles, swordfish
- penguin colonyrookery, huddle, huddles, creche, creches
- lifelong matesswans, albatross, albatrosses, wolves, gibbons
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White Arctic marine mammals
walruses · narwhals · snowy owls · puffins · beluga whales
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Largest flying ocean birds
frigatebirds · swifts · eagles · hummingbirds · swallows
emperor penguinsfairy penguins
Smallest penguin species
little penguins · hummingbirds · goldcrests · wrens · kinglets
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