标签 企鹅 下的文章

马可罗尼企鹅，德雷克海峡，智利 Macaroni penguins, Drake Passage, Chile (© Paul Souders/Getty Images)

冰雪极地的马可罗尼企鹅 Macaroni and freeze

企鹅意识日

让我们行动起来，一起投入到企鹅意识日的活动中去吧！你能说出多少种企鹅的名字？今天的照片展示的是敏捷的马可罗尼企鹅在智利德雷克海峡浮游生物丰富的水域中畅游的场景。这些迷人的生物只是在南半球发现的18种企鹅中的一种，可以通过它们奇特的橘色装饰性羽毛和突出的橙色喙来识别。马可罗尼企鹅成群结队地觅食，但雄性企鹅之间会相互攻击。为了表现出和气和避免打斗，个体通常会把头缩在胸前，这样就可以轻松地穿过企鹅群。尽管企鹅深受人类的喜爱，但近年来食物的减少、渔网的误捕，以及气候变化对其栖息地海冰的深刻影响，都对企鹅的生存构成不小威胁。

Penguin Awareness Day

Let's flap our flippers and dive into Penguin Awareness Day! Today's image features macaroni penguins swimming in the plankton-rich waters of the Drake Passage off the coast of Chile. These charming creatures, one of 18 different species of penguin in the Southern Hemisphere, can be recognized by their flashy amber crests and orange beaks. The name is said to have been coined by English sailors, derived from a term used to describe flamboyant dressers in the late 18th century.

Macaroni penguins can be a bad-tempered bunch who get into noisy fights. To avoid this, males often ease their way through crowded colonies with their heads tucked down to their chests. The main threats though, are not their fellow penguins. Reduced food availability, fishing nets, and the impact of climate change on sea ice are among challenges faced by this species, which has been classified as vulnerable due to population decline.

南极洲的巴布亚企鹅 Gentoo penguins in Antarctica (© Nature Picture Library/Alamy)

南极洲的巴布亚企鹅 'I've got a lot of problems with you penguins!'

南极洲的企鹅

对于外行来说，虚构节日Festivus的起源可以追溯到90年代热播剧《宋飞正传》的一集根据该剧编剧之一的真实家庭传统，Festivus在现实世界中展现了自己的生活，并为粉丝提供了一种有趣的、开玩笑的方式来庆祝节日，同时忽略了它的压力和商业性。

从今天的照片来看，南极洲的这些Gentoo企鹅似乎很了解Festivus，因为人们似乎正在参与节日的主要传统之一“哀怨之声”就Gentoo而言，他们有很多不满要发泄的情况并不罕见。无论是因为不忠而被逐出教会，还是因为邻居的巢石而嫉妒，Gentoo都可能是咸的。不过，也许这是意料之中的事，因为它们的饮食中含有大量的物质，以至于它们会从喙中漏出高浓度的盐水。

Gentoo penguins in Antarctica

For the uninitiated, the origins of the made-up holiday Festivus can be traced back to an episode of the hit '90s show, 'Seinfeld.' Based on the real family tradition of one of the show's writers, Festivus has taken on a life of its own in the real world and provides fans with a fun, tongue-in-cheek way to celebrate the holiday season while ignoring its pressures and commercialism.

And with today's photo, it appears these Gentoo penguins in Antarctica are well aware of Festivus, as one seems to be engaging in one of the holiday's main traditions—the 'Airing of Grievances.' And as far as Gentoos go, it's not uncommon for them to have plenty of grievances to air. Whether over excommunication for infidelity, or jealousy over their neighbor's nesting stones, Gentoos can be salty. Maybe that's to be expected, though, as their diets are so loaded with the stuff that they literally leak highly concentrated saline from their beaks.

从冰山跃入水中的阿德利企鹅，南极 Adélie penguins diving off an iceberg in Antarctica (© Mike Hill/Getty Images)

One giant leap for penguins

These Adélie penguins are jumping for joy because it's World Penguin Day. Or maybe they're just looking for a snack as they dive off this iceberg. Adélies live on Antarctica and nearby islands all year long, but in the fall and winter they spend most of their time near the coast. They can dive as deep as 575 feet or travel as much as 185 miles to find krill, fish, and squid.

The smallest penguin in the Antarctic, Adélies are one of only two penguin species (the other is the Emperor penguin) that live exclusively on the Antarctic continent. Huge colonies of Adélies were once spread throughout the Antarctic Peninsula and the coastline of the continent, but as climate change took hold, populations declined in some areas. Fortunately, a robust colony of some 1.5 million Adelie penguins was found on the Antarctic Peninsula's Danger Islands.

企鹅的一次大跃进

这些广告é因为今天是世界企鹅日，所以企鹅们高兴得跳起来。或者他们只是在从冰山上跳下去的时候找点吃的。广告é它们终年生活在南极洲和附近的岛屿上，但在秋天和冬天，它们大部分时间都在海岸附近。它们可以潜到575英尺深或185英里深的地方寻找磷虾、鱼和鱿鱼。

南极最小的企鹅，公元é谎言是只生活在南极大陆的两种企鹅物种之一（另一种是帝企鹅）。大量的广告é谎言一度蔓延到整个南极半岛和该大陆的海岸线，但随着气候变化，一些地区的人口减少。幸运的是，在南极半岛的危险岛上发现了一个由大约150万只阿德利企鹅组成的健壮的群体。