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Meet the Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae): The Real-life Stereotypical Penguin. Being the most widely spread of all the penguin species, you'll find these little flightless fancy birds in tuxedos common along the entire coast of Antarctica: their only habitat and found nowhere else. They're named after Adélie Land, a claimed territory in Antarctica named Adéle Dumont d'Urville: the wife of French explorer Jules Dumont, in which they discovered the penguin back in 1840. They hunt their food both by predating and foraging, with a diet of fish and krill, though even though fish comprises a bulk of their diet, they rather eat krill. These medium-sized penguins have a ring of white feathers around their eyes, giving them a illusion of big eyes. Being a close relative of the Gentoo and the Chinstrap penguin, they're both referred to as the "brush-tailed penguins", possibly due to their bristle-like tail feathers swishing side to side. The place where you'll find the most Adélie penguins will be the Ross sea. When the parents go out to hunt for food, Adélie chicks form protective clusters, known as créches, defended by younger birds and makes it harder for predators like orcas, leopard seals and skuas to target them. The parents keep the eggs warm in a nest of pebbles made by the male, so the eggs won't get into direct contact with the outside snow and ice. A large number of rocks must be gathered inable to make the nests, which will cause them to sometimes violently grab or steal the pebbles with the nest unguarded. This is why to me, they're often called "The Assholes of the Antarctic". Not only that, but some are also necrophilic, having homosexual relationships, using stones to prostitute unsuspecting females and even conducting crimes, such as sexual and child abuse. Fortunately though, they're in no complete danger of dying out, making them Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Description
Meet the Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae): The Real-life Stereotypical Penguin. Being the most widely spread of all the penguin species, you'll find these little flightless fancy birds in tuxedos common along the entire coast of Antarctica: their only habitat and found nowhere else. They're named after Adélie Land, a claimed territory in Antarctica named Adéle Dumont d'Urville: the wife of French explorer Jules Dumont, in which they discovered the penguin back in 1840. They hunt their food both by predating and foraging, with a diet of fish and krill, though even though fish comprises a bulk of their diet, they rather eat krill. These medium-sized penguins have a ring of white feathers around their eyes, giving them a illusion of big eyes. Being a close relative of the Gentoo and the Chinstrap penguin, they're both referred to as the "brush-tailed penguins", possibly due to their bristle-like tail feathers swishing side to side. The place where you'll find the most Adélie penguins will be the Ross sea. When the parents go out to hunt for food, Adélie chicks form protective clusters, known as créches, defended by younger birds and makes it harder for predators like orcas, leopard seals and skuas to target them. The parents keep the eggs warm in a nest of pebbles made by the male, so the eggs won't get into direct contact with the outside snow and ice. A large number of rocks must be gathered inable to make the nests, which will cause them to sometimes violently grab or steal the pebbles with the nest unguarded. This is why to me, they're often called "The Assholes of the Antarctic". Not only that, but some are also necrophilic, having homosexual relationships, using stones to prostitute unsuspecting females and even conducting crimes, such as sexual and child abuse. Fortunately though, they're in no complete danger of dying out, making them Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.