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Professional wildlife photographer Andy Rouse won the Cherry Kearton Medal and Award by the Royal Geographical Society RGF, for this penguin photo. The annual award recognises the contribution made by a wildlife photographer to photography, conservation and bringing geography to the masses Photograph: Andy Rouse / Rex Features/Andy Rouse / Rex Features

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JETTY BLUE   Adelie penguins leap into the water from a blue iceberg on Paulet Island, Antarctica.  (Photo: Steve Bloom Images / Barcroft Media via the Telegraph)

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Worldwide Call For Knitters To Make Sweaters for Penguins Affected by 2011 New Zealand Oil Spill

sylviac:

This is a thing.

One of these things is not like the others.

theanimalblog:

(via The 40 Best Selected Wallpapers from National Geographic Magazine | Photography Magazine)

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Even zookeepers want in on the Royal Wedding-mania

mabelmoments:

‘William’ and ‘Kate’ to marry on royal wedding day

Cape Town – Kate and William, penguins at the National Aquarium, are engaged to be married on 29 April, the same day as the royal wedding. “They love each other very deeply,” said aquarium communications director Gareth West. “Given their names, what could be more appropriate than a royal marriage?”

West insisted the marriage was not a publicity stunt, claiming the pair were actual mates, but refused to be drawn on whether other penguin weddings had been held at the aquarium. One keeper alleged the penguins were both male and were called George and Terence until late last week.

Not the royal wedding: reactions from around the world. Unreliable reports of the global celebrations

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On days as cold as today, I like to remember, it could be colder.

Adelie penguins launch themselves out of the frigid water onto the ice on December 31, 2005. (Patrick Rowe/National Science Foundation, via kari-shma)

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Penguins push for fast-breaking plunge.

Picture: Andy Rouse / Rex Features

After fasting for up to 42 days these Macaroni penguins are taking a run down to the ocean in order to fatten up once again. Macaroni Penguins spend the vast majority of the year at sea, only coming ashore in order moult or mate.

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llbwwb:

Walk this Way by Stefano Unterthiner

The Everland Zoo in South Korea, where penguins dressed as Santa dance for Jesus. (via ourladyofpopularculture)

So I posted one of these yesterday, but they’re too good not to keep sharing.  

Even if I’m generally against Christmas marketing before Thanksgiving.

nightline:

In other news: Penguins dressed in Santa costumes. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Today in Pictures

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Nothing like a group of baby penguins to put a smile on your face. The little one appears to be silently judging his sibling.

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BEAK PERFORMANCE   An Emperor pengiun jumps out of the water at an ice edge on Snow Hill Island.  (Photo: Pal Hermansen / Stevebloom.com / Barcroft Media via the Telegraph)

A nice visual accompaniment to this penguin photo from yesterday.

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the king penguin. (via theanimalblog)

Annwyne Stanish walks ‘Hop Along’, the little blue penguin, along Rothesay Bay beach, near Auckland, New Zealand. The penguin was washed up on Muriwai Beach suffering from head and leg injuries and was nursed back to health by a bird rescue volunteer Sylvia Durrant and Annwyne Stanish. Picture: AP. Telegraph UK (via 

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