Magellanic Penguin Male (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Magellanic Penguin Male

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This is a young Magellanic penguin male. On average, males at Punta Tombo don't breed until age 7 and, with the increasingly skewed sex ratio, fewer and fewer males are finding mates each breeding season.

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Natasha Gownaris

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