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Emperor penguin reaches Australia: Lifeform of the week
- An emperor penguin reached a beach in southwestern Australia on November 1, 2024, which is the first time an emperor penguin has been known to reach Australia.
- After being rescued by two local surfers, the penguin was then rehabilitated to the extent that he gained enough weight and strength to be released into the Southern Ocean.
- Emperor penguins are normally exclusive to Antarctica, a distance of more than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from where this bird was found.
- The penguin was named Gus and was cared for by Carol Biddulph, a seabird rehabilitator and registered wildlife caretaker, for 20 days.
- The animal was released in the hope that it could join the rest of the emperors in Antarctica.
- This is the largest species of penguin that cannot fly but are excellent swimmers and divers, able to dive in the ocean to a depth of more than 1,650 feet (500 m), farther than any other bird.
- Emperor penguins are generous creatures that huddle together to provide shelter from the wind and stay warm in temperatures as low as -76 F (-60 C).
- They have a unique communication system to locate their mate and chicks, which is more complex than those of other species and have a life expectancy of approximately 20 years.
- A single female in a colony lays an egg and passes it to the male, who protects and incubates it while the females go fishing.
- These loving parents can lose more than 22 pounds (10 kg) of weight during incubation and are the only penguin species that raise offspring on ice without nests.
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