“Baby boom among Ukrainian polar explorers: penguins laid almost 1,800 eggs near the station On Galindez Island near the Ukrainian Antarctic station, about 1,800 penguin eggs were found in 900 nests. The first chicks will appear by mid-December, and the total number of penguins on the island reaches 4 thousand.”, — write on: unn.ua
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The first penguin eggs appeared in early November, so the chicks will begin to hatch by mid-December, since the incubation period lasts about 34-36 days.
About 900 nests already have eggs, mostly two. They are hatched by a pair of parents in turn: while one goes to feed in the ocean, the other stays on the nest. Then they change
The National Antarctic Science Center notes that Ukrainian scientists are monitoring penguins and other birds in the context of climate change research. In particular, the migration of sub-Antarctic penguins over the past 20 years is one of the clearest evidences of warming in the Antarctic.
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UNN previously reported that penguins steal pebbles from other people’s nests on Galindez Island due to their scarcity. Polar scientists filmed one penguin moving building material from someone else’s nest until its owner appeared.
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