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I have often had the impression that, to penguins, man is just another penguin - different, less predictable, occasionally violent, but tolerable company when he sits still and minds his own business." (Bernard Stonehouse) |
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| Our next stop was Cuverville Island, where the penguins hurried when they saw us--lest we cut them off from their favorite routes from the rookery to the sea. | ||
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| The rookery here was relatively larger than most of the others that we had seen. | While it was too early in the season for chicks, some of the penguins were incubating eggs. | |
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| The ever-watchful skuas made it imperative that the penguins keep an eye on their eggs. | Those with no nest duties could wander a little further away. | |
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| We also used the Zodiacs to cruise through the bay and admire the ice sculptures that nature had created from the blue glacial ice. | ||
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| Why do penguins hesitate to go in the water except in groups? Because guys like this leopard seal are waiting for them. Leopard seals are the primary penguin predators. | ||