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Photo Gallery: Winter Wildlife
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Photo: Emperor penguins
Photo: An arctic hare rests in the snowPhoto: Arctic fox in the snowPhoto: A baby harp seal rests on the Arctic icePhoto: A desert cottontail rabbit sits quietly through a snowstormPhoto: Snowshoe hare sitting in the snowPhoto: Musk-oxen in the snowPhoto: Siberian tigers in the snowPhoto: American bighorn sheepPhoto: King penguins on an Antarctic beachPhoto: Emperor penguins
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Emperor penguins are the largest penguins, standing about 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall.
Photograph courtesy Giuseppe Zibordi/Michael Van Woert/NOAA NESDIS, ORA

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