Rare Footage of Emperor Penguin Chicks Taking Their First Swim

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Drone footage captured in Antarctica shows emperor penguin chicks jumping off a cliff to take their first swim as sea ice declines. Photographer Bertie Gregory used a zoom lens to maintain distance from the scene.

The first-of-its-kind footage, taken in January 2024 via drone, captures a rare event that may become more common as sea ice declines and penguins are forced to adapt.

At about five months old, emperor penguin chicks began to shed their down and grow their adult feathers, preparing for a life spent partially at sea. , estimated to be about 500,000 birds, as near threatened due in large part to how climate change is impacting its icy realm.

“Finally, they started walking off the cliff,” writes Kooyman, an emeritus professor with the Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California.

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