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Title: Emperor penguins dispersed for the Summer Post by: Donna on 24-Dec-11, 06:55:53 AM http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2011-12-22 (http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2011-12-22) The Mawson and Ingrid Christensen coasts are home to rookeries of Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), the largest and tallest species of penguin on Earth. The birds breed in extreme cold of the Antarctic winter, when they travel 50-120 kilometers (30-75 miles) in order to gather in large breeding colonies (rookeries), which may contain thousands of penguins for up to eight months.
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