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Dan Drost | all galleries >> Galleries >> Dec 2013 - Jan 2014 Trip - Falkland, S. Georgia, S. Shetland Islands & Antarctic Peninsula > King Penguins Molting
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30-DEC-2013

King Penguins Molting



King Penguin goes through a catastrophic molt where all of their feathers are replaced. While they go through this molting period, they are not able to go into ocean in search of food.


While molting they hang out around the glacier river outflows to stay hydrated.


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