Photographer Captures Images Of Pale Yellow Penguin In King Penguin Colony On S. Georgia

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A pale yellow-feathered king penguin spotted among hundreds of thousands of animals crammed on to a beach in South Georgia has sent the nature-loving world into a frenzy. Belgian photographer Yves Adams was on a two-month expedition to the Antarctic peninsula when he captured the unusually-coloured penguin.

The conditions on the remote South Georgia beach were “wild”, Adams said. Exposed, and in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, the swell of the water and the intensity of the wind made it difficult for his team to prepare a landing. In front of them was a 1km strip of beach, home to a “minefield of animals”. “There are thousands of seals, and hundreds of thousands of penguins, so we were lucky to find a spot on land.”

He told the Guardian about the moment he spotted the unusual sight among the throngs of black and white king penguins. “There was this group of penguins swimming by, from left to right. It was a beautiful sight, so I followed them from the corner of my eye.” Suddenly noticing something yellow, he dropped his bags and picked up his binoculars to see “among the chaos of animals, a strange pale penguin”.

At the time, Adams and his colleagues didn’t know the breed of penguin. And so, out of curiosity, they continued to follow its movements. “Groups of penguins were passing by. But the yellow penguin swam to shore just in front of us. It gave a little show – flicked water off its feathers, walked up the sand, and entered a colony of king penguins.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/26/strange-pale-penguin-rare-yellow-and-white-bird-discovered-among-king-penguins-in-atlantic

[The Blue Flower]

1. But can he dance?

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2. With a yellow sport coat and a pink crustacean!