Flipping Brilliant

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Yellow-eyed penguins, Megadyptes antipodes

Enderby Island, New Zealand

Yellow-eyed penguins are the only solitary species. Roosting in low shrubs makes them vulnerable to predators such as cats and dogs.

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Gentoo penguins

Antarctic Peninsula

Gentoos, like the other "brush-tailed" species, Adélie and chinstrap, often will lay two eggs, but rarely does a second chick survive.

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Magellanic penguins, Spheniscus magellancius

Falkland Islands

This species was first described in 1591 by the Italian naturalist Antonio Pigafetta, who named them for his expedition leader, Ferdinand Magellan.

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Adélie penguins

Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica

As with the ability to restrict circulation to their feet, Adélie's have many behavioral and physiological adaptations that enable them to survive in the most extreme conditions.