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A group of penguins jumping off ice into the water.

A group of penguins jumping off ice into the water.
A group of penguins jumping off ice into the water.
A group of penguins jumping off ice into the water.
A group of penguins jumping off ice into the water.
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Linder, Christopher L.
A group of penguins jumping off ice into the water.
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12/23/2007
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One Adelie penguin looks doubtfully at the water while another cries out for it to get a move on. "They just stand there until somebody has the courage to go," Toniolo said, "and then they all go until somebody chickens out." The hesitation leads to a permanent penguin traffic jam of black-and-white bodies, all fidgeting, calling out, and occasionally making an impatient press for the water. But no penguin wants to be the first one in, so they egg each other on with a barking call heard nowhere else but on ice. They're not afraid of the cold. The water holds something far worse than a case of the shivers.
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One Adelie penguin looks doubtfully at the water while another cries out for it to get a move on. No penguin wants to be the first one in, so they egg each other on with a barking call heard nowhere else but on ice. They're not afraid of the cold. The water holds something far worse than a case of the shivers ? leopard seals, which patrol the coastline of Antarctica, waiting for an Adelie with poor timing to dive in. Learn more about penguins and Antarctica on Polar Discovery.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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