Baby boom in Antarctica: polar explorers showed how a penguin hatches from an egg. VIDEO
A real baby boom of subantarctic penguins continues on Galindez Island: more than a thousand penguins have already been born near the “Akademik Vernadskyi” station. Ukrainian polar explorers showed how a baby penguin hatches from an egg, reports the National Antarctic Science Center. “Stay tuned for another incredible video of the birth of a baby penguin from our biologist Marta Dzindra. While his little sister or brother is still waiting in the egg, this brave chick has already broken free,” the message says. There are already about 3,000 adult penguins on the Antarctic island , and about 1,300 babies. There are also nests where parents are still incubating eggs. Read also: Polar scientists showed how the eggs of subantarctic penguins are born. VIDEO Over the past 15 years, the population of subantarctic penguins on Galindez Island has grown significantly, scientists say. If the first nests only began to appear here in 2007, then in 2020 there were a record 1,800 of them! Due to the lack of space on the shores of the island, the penguins even had to establish a new, third sub-colony in the central part. Now there are a little more than 1,600 nests on Galindez. Read also : Bude Martusya and Vovchyk: penguins near “Vernadskyi” have their first eggs. PHOTO “Constant monitoring of penguins allows scientists to clearly document the fact of climate change in the aegioni and nature’s reaction to it. After all, subantarctic penguins are heat-loving, and they moved to our island only when the conditions for them here became comfortable. Therefore, we continue to observe these extraordinary creatures and share the most interesting moments with you,” the polar explorers write. Previously, the polar explorers showed how the little penguins that hatched near “Vernadsky” in early December have grown up. Read also: Penguins visited the “Akademik Vernadsky” station – policemen PHOTO
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