Magdellena Penguins on Magdellena Island off the coast of Punta Arenas, the farthest southern city in Chile. Here for a short season of nesting, the penguins coexist with a few thousand gulls who keep to their own section of the shoreline. The penguin behavior is fascinating. They are sitting on eggs (either the males or the females) in their holes; they are cleaning out the burrows with a furious sweep or they are guarding and protecting their “nests”. Their looks to each other say it all! What a busy life! Humans are only allowed to visit for one short hour at a time.
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