Chinstrap Penguin (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Chinstrap Penguin

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Like Adélie penguins, chinstrap penguins depend on krill as a major food source. Melting sea ice has made for easier access to the ocean in order to forage for food; however it has also brought declines in the availability of krill, which feed on algae living on the underside of ice.

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Photo by Mike Polito, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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