Penguin Watch Talk

Scruffy Penguins, Chicks or immature or molting or dead?

  • selby by selby

    On this image lots of the penguins look pretty scruffy. Some look like they might be dead. Are they dead, molting, immature or chicks. Are immature penguins counted as chicks or adults?

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  • caitlin.black by caitlin.black moderator, scientist, admin

    They are all chicks in this photo, besides the adult resting on the large rock. They are resting in the sun because it is hot outside. You can tell the temperature on the top right of the image- that day it was 10ยบ C, which is hot for Antarctica.

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