Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Penguins truly are one of the feel-good animals.


Penguins truly are one of the feel-good animals.

"But there is very little fun loving or playful about the lives of Adélies. They live in the most brutal environment in the world — on the brink of catastrophe at all times. They survive by running the behavior code embedded in their genes, which were laid down by countless successful generations before them."

Jean Pennycook, writing in the ANTARCTIC SUN

Jean Pennycook observes the Adélie penguins at Cape Royds on Ross Island, Antarctica. Pennycook is the education and outreach coordinator for a long-term research program on the penguin colonies around the Ross Sea led by David Ainley.

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