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Photo Gallery: Animals of Antarctica

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Photo: Shrimp krill
Photo: An Adélie penguin walking on snowPhoto: Sleeping Weddell sealPhoto: Emperor penguin babyPhoto: Leopard sealPhoto: An Adélie penguin rookeryPhoto: Emperor penguinsPhoto: King penguins on an Antarctic beachPhoto: Killer whale breachingPhoto: King penguinsPhoto: Shrimp krill
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Integral to the food chain, tiny shrimp krill are the primary food source for many marine mammals and fish.
Photograph by George F. Mobley

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