2010/01/02

Portrait of a Penguin Rookery 企鵝棲息地寫真

It’s a hard life being a penguin chick. Born into an icy world where temperatures plunge to -40C, the youngsters must fend off predatory giant petrels from the air and leopard seals in the sea.They belong to a colony near Snow Hill Island along the Antarctic Peninsula. American wildlife photographer David C Schultz captured the intimate portrait of a penguin rookery during a trip to the region.

企鵝寶寶的生活很艱辛。出生在氣溫攝氏零下40度的冰雪世界,小企鵝必須避開空中巨大掠食者海鳥,及海中豹形海豹攻擊。牠們就住在南極半島雪丘島附近。美國野生動物攝影師大衛舒茲到該地區旅行時,捕捉到這處企鵝棲息地的親密寫真。

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