Images Dated 2011 November

10 Nov 2011

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Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) diving into the water from an ice floe. Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

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King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) being harassed by a Snowy sheathbill (Chionis alba), trying to make it regurgitate its catch of krill, pecking at a wound, or eating the penguin's faeces. South Georgia, Antarctica

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