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Photo Gallery: Animals of Antarctica
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Photo: An Adélie penguin walking on snow
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Wings spread, this Adélie penguin waddles through an Antarctic colony. Its black tail gives it a tuxedo-like appearance.
Photograph by George F. Mobley

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