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A snow sprinkled Adelie penguin hunching down onto its nest.

A snow sprinkled Adelie penguin hunching down onto its nest.
A snow sprinkled Adelie penguin hunching down onto its nest.
A snow sprinkled Adelie penguin hunching down onto its nest.
A snow sprinkled Adelie penguin hunching down onto its nest.
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Linder, Christopher L.
A snow sprinkled Adelie penguin hunching down onto its nest.
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12/05/2007
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Image of The Day caption (written by M. Carlowicz):
An Adelie penguin hunches down over its nest as icy winds whip across Cape Royds. Nearly 80 percent of Adelie chicks do not survive their first year, according to researcher David Ainley, who allowed WHOI staff to follow his work in Antarctica. But some adults--Ainley calls them "superbreeders"--are incredibly good at raising chicks. About three of every 10 penguins in a colony rank as superbreeders, yet they account for nearly all of the chicks produced.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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