I saw this Emperor penguin hanging out by the lights of the runway at the airfield. Apparently it hung out there because there was some heat coming off the lights. The Emperors start hanging around McMurdo (mostly on the road to the airfield) because it is their molting season and they cannot go in the water when they are molting. So I had heard that this penguin was there a few days before I went out, but I knew that it would still be there. It didn't seem to mind all the planes landing all around it.
As you can see, Emperor penguins, though the largest of all penguins, are still quite small. This one was less than two feet tall.
I saw this Emperor penguin hanging out by the lights of the runway at the airfield. Apparently it hung out there because there was some heat coming off the lights. The Emperors start hanging around McMurdo (mostly on the road to the airfield) because it is their molting season and they cannot go in the water when they are molting. So I had heard that this penguin was there a few days before I went out, but I knew that it would still be there. It didn't seem to mind all the planes landing all around it.
As you can see, Emperor penguins, though the largest of all penguins, are still quite small. This one was less than two feet tall.
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