A young emperor penguin has captured the attention of locals and researchers by arriving at an unexpected location in Western Australia, a long way from its Antarctic home.

Move over King Charles, the Southern Emperor (penguin) has landed.

  • Nath@aussie.zoneM
    10·
    10 days ago

    “He tried to do like a slide on his on his belly, thinking it was snow I guess and just face planted in the sand and stood up and shook all the sand off.”

    I wish I’d seen that! The image of it is marvellous.

    • zugzug@aussie.zoneEnglish
      6·
      10 days ago

      Currents running amok due to excess ice melt runoff… at least that was the hypothesis mentioned in the article.