don't buy/take from the street

they want to spend my money (otters are also one of my favorite animals)

🐧 Маленькі, але агресивні — полярники показали сварку пінгвінів Аделі.

Ці «адельки» під час шлюбного сезону хочуть привернути увагу самиць, тому можуть битися дзьобами із суперниками.

У сутичці пінгвіни нахиляються вперед і вгору, розкривають дзьоби та б'ють ними один одного, а очі примружують, щоб захистити їх. Крім того, самці голосно сперечаються.

▪️ Зріст дорослого птаха Аделі сягає 70 сантиметрів.

@babel

🐧 The first penguins of this season were born near the "Akademik Vernadskyi" station.

Immediately, two babies were found in the nest where the first eggs appeared — on a rock near the geocosm research laboratory.

"The first cub is already active — feeds, squeaks, so it is about half a day old. And the second, apparently, hatched just before my arrival, because it is still in pieces of the shell and is hiding under an adult penguin," said the biologist of the 29th UAE Svitozar Davydenko.

Now the babies will stay in the nest with their parents for about a month. They will take care of them in turn: they will feed with krill from their beak, keep them warm and protect them from birds of prey.

Newborn penguins are covered with gray down. They will also start changing it to the usual black and white feathers in about a month. Eventually, small groups of children will gather in "nursery" groups, which will be watched over by several adults.

Flying high