{"id":20990,"date":"2022-10-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=20990"},"modified":"2022-10-21T12:01:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T10:01:07","slug":"skating-on-thin-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2022\/10\/20\/skating-on-thin-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Skating on thin ice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif intro\">Cheeky Adelie penguins will risk a telling off in order to steal some food <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image alignfull article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1490\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/41d13bd6-06d7-4f3b-8912-e1744fe798e7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-20988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/41d13bd6-06d7-4f3b-8912-e1744fe798e7.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/41d13bd6-06d7-4f3b-8912-e1744fe798e7-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/41d13bd6-06d7-4f3b-8912-e1744fe798e7-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/41d13bd6-06d7-4f3b-8912-e1744fe798e7-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/41d13bd6-06d7-4f3b-8912-e1744fe798e7-1536x1118.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif dropcap\">THE EMPEROR PENGUINS OF ATKA BAY in Antarctica, pictured on the left in this altercation, have the frozen coast to themselves in winter. But in the springtime, they are joined by Adelie penguins, who return to breed after spending the Antarctic winter offshore. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The Adelies\u2019 arrival makes quite the stir. Despite being a fraction of the size of their larger cousins (weighing in at 5kg apiece, compared to the emperor penguin\u2019s 40kg bulk) they have no compunction about mingling amongst the emperor penguins and stealing food from the chicks. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Mostly this involves being in the right place at the right time: when the parent emperors regurgitate food for their offspring, some inevitably falls on the ground, at which point the Adelies grasp the opportunity for a meal. Sometimes, though, their impatience gets the better of them and they pester the chicks, even when there\u2019s no food in sight. Such behaviour gets short shrift from emperor penguin parents and chicks alike. <\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-color uagb-block-f2ac4e29-2028-441b-b81f-ec225f226ad3 article-boxout\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h5 class=\"sans-serif article-subhead has-ccp-primary-light-color has-ccp-primary-dark-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>MEET THE PHOTOGRAPHER <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/Layer-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-21376\" width=\"156\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/Layer-3.png 458w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/Layer-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/10\/Layer-3-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4>\u201cI am drawn to penguins\u201d <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">German photographer Stefan Christmann snapped this image while filming with the BBC Natural History Unit for the <em>Dynasties <\/em>series. \u201cI am always drawn to penguins,\u201d he says, fondly recalling two winters based at Neumayer- Station III, Atka Bay. \u201cThey can neither fly nor walk well and still inhabit a niche in what is one of the most hostile places on the planet.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">Photos: PENGUINS: STEFAN CHRISTMANN\/NATUREPL.COM; 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