National Geographic Live - Penguins of Antarctica

Name: National Geographic Live - Penguins of Antarctica
Start: 2024-09-16T15:30:00-08:00
End: 2024-10-22T19:30:00-08:00
Location: Benaroya Hall - Taper Auditorium

Schedule

Mon Sep 16 2024 at 03:30 pm to Tue Oct 22 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Benaroya Hall - Taper Auditorium | Seattle, WA

Emperor penguins spend their entire lives on Antarctic ice and in its waters. They survive—breeding, raising young, and eating—by relying on a number of clever adaptations. These flightless birds breed in the winter. After a courtship of several weeks, a female emperor penguin lays one single egg then leaves! Each penguin egg's father balances it on his feet and covers it with his brood pouch, a very warm layer of feathered skin designed to keep the egg cozy. There the males stand, for about 65 days, through icy temperatures, cruel winds, and blinding storms. Finally, after about two months, the females return from the sea, bringing food they regurgitate, or bring up, to feed the now hatched chicks. The males eagerly leave for their own fishing session at sea, and the mothers take over care of the chicks for a while. As the young penguins grow, adults leave them in groups of chicks called crèches while they leave to fish. There is a reason for the timing of emperor penguins' hatching. By December, when t
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