BBC Earth Penguins
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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This is BBC earth royal penguins take to it looks desolate, but it's not deserted at certain times of the year. There is more life here than on any other island in the pacific, in august after months at sea elephant seals arrive, they depend on this island for breeding. Macquarie will soon be heaving with 60,000 elephant seals, but they won't have the beaches to themselves. One month later, another wave of migrants appear in the surf. These are royal penguins, and they are about to have their first sighting of land in seven months. They've spent that time looking for fish and shrimp in the open ocean. One last hurdle and it's terra firma. This island is actually the only solid ground these penguins will ever set foot on. Macquarie's nearest neighbor is more than 600 km away and in the opposite direction from their favorite feeding grounds. Within days of the first arrivals, it's standing room only. No one knows exactly how these penguins navigate back to Macquarie, But with this many adults returning every year to breed, it clearly works