Antarctic fierce penguin observation record

The author has something to say: The lazy little penguin only knocks six shells a day.Netizen: Come out!Little Penguin: I won't go out!

Before going to bed at night, Ruan Xingyuan was still thinking that he should see a psychiatrist tomorrow.

The wind was blowing outside the scientific research station, the snow drifted on the windows and melted quickly, and the transparent water droplets flowed down the windows and drew traces on the glass.

On the ice at the edge of the land, the penguin father is carefully squeezed between the penguin colony.The temperature inside is very high, even a little hot, and emperor penguins have short and hard fluff to help them resist the cold wind.In addition, there is a thick layer of fat attached to the surface of the body.

The thick fluff on the flippers shields the wind and snow, and the father penguin really wants to look down at his baby, but there are too many penguins around, and there is no space for him to observe under the crowd, so he can't look at his eggs.

The baby penguin that has been born lies comfortably in the pouch and sleeps, completely unaware of the outside world.Occasionally, one of them woke up hungry and raised its head to howl. His father bowed his head in panic and fed the milk secreted from the crop to the little penguin.The little penguin let out a contented cry after eating. It was still a little cold when the unfinished fluff came out, and it seemed to be frozen. The little penguin shrank back and continued to sleep.

The penguin father who was still holding the egg looked at all this enviously. His baby hadn't been born yet, and he was worried whether he would not be born.Furthermore, emperor penguin cubs grow rapidly, but will grow to several times their previous size in a few weeks.As the largest penguin in Antarctica, the emperor penguin can reach a height of 1 meters.

Penguins also look down on individuals with exceptionally short stature. The father penguin is inevitably worried that if his child is born too late, other penguin cubs will have grown up long ago, and his child's survival in the penguin colony will be extremely difficult. .

Plus, penguins live in groups, so what if his kids don't fit in?In fact, from birth onwards, his offspring did seem to have little desire to socialize with other penguins.

Of course, the premise of everything is that his child can be born.

The father penguin had sensitively noticed the movement of the egg before, and was a little surprised and a little worried.

Surprised that his baby is still alive, there is a possibility of coming out, worried that the weather is not good, and the hatching of penguins takes one to two days, such a long time, if born in bad weather, the baby penguin may not survive .

But when the egg really did not move, the penguin father who had been looking forward to it for many days was inevitably disappointed again.

The penguin father is sensitively aware that his child may not want to come out yet, but he is still willing to wait for him, until the day when his child is willing to come out, he pecks through the eggshell and pokes his head out.Just like when all the other penguin babies were born, only his child was left in the whole group, and he was steadfastly waiting for his own child.

His baby will come out, he just needs a little more patience.

Ruan Xingyuan's alarm bell rang. During the Antarctic winter, the polar night phenomenon lasts from April to September. The midwinter festival is on June 4 every year, which means that the darkest period of the year is about to pass. After that the night begins to decrease and the day slowly increases.But the time is still in April, and the night is still very long.

In order to keep his schedule normal, Ruan Xingyuan set an alarm clock for himself and adjusted his schedule.

When he got up early this morning, he felt much more comfortable. What happened yesterday seemed to be just a scene in a dream, no matter how he looked at it, it was unreal.

Ruan Xingyuan felt that maybe he didn't sleep well.

But now he felt full of energy again.

Ruan Xingyuan went back to the office after breakfast.He still wants to find the penguin.

On the screen, the penguins are gathered together, their bodies bent by the strong wind, and the emperor penguins bend their necks in the wind and snow, letting the icy snowflakes wet their fluff and dissipate the warmth of their bodies.

The fins of penguins have some waterproof effect, and penguins also try to use their fins to groom their hair, but for such weather, it is just a drop in the bucket.

Ruan Xingyuan failed to find the penguin he was looking for. He was lucky enough yesterday that the camera happened to capture the father penguin. Today, it is basically impossible to find a penguin among the huge penguin colony.

Ruan Xingyuan could only hope that the penguin father was safe and sound.

Just the day before yesterday, he and Jing Qiaoman were still sympathizing with that poor penguin father.

"Will his baby penguin fail to be born?" Jing Qiaoman was always worried that the penguin father would give up the egg when his egg didn't hatch. Fortunately, the penguin father has been waiting tenderly. .

Ruan Xingyuan and Jing Qiaoman stared at him from the very beginning until nearly 70 days later, the penguin stood and hatched its eggs without eating or drinking, and its body lost several laps.

On the screen, snow is pouring down on the penguins.

After staring at the screen for a long time, Ruan Xingyuan felt a pressure on his neck, and he leaned on the back of the seat and raised his head to rest.

The familiar "chacha" sound appeared again.

With three unhurried beeps, Ruan Xingyuan woke up startled, and looked around, nothing unusual.The light above the head was faintly emitting white light, and the room was silent except for the occasional sound of the instrument.

After these three sounds, he listened carefully again, and the sound disappeared again.

Other than that, he didn't hear any other sounds.

Ruan Xingyuan began to doubt the equipment in the office again. He stood up and checked the equipment for the second time, but still found nothing abnormal.

It sounded like a bird pecking at something.Could it be that a penguin discovered the equipment of the scientific research station and pecked at the protective cover next to it?

In order not to make the monitoring equipment look too obtrusive, the scientific research station specially set up the protective cover in the shape of ice cubes. The penguins were unprepared and sometimes ran nearby, and the photography could clearly record the penguins' activities.

Look again.Ruan Xingyuan convinced himself.Maybe only these few days.

The cold wind continued for several days.

In the following days, Ruan Xingyuan kept recording the voices he heard.

This "chachacha" sound usually sounds three times in the morning and three times in the afternoon, and the time is not very fixed.If the sound was made by a penguin, then the penguin who made the sound must be very lazy.

According to Ruan Xingyuan's observation, the previous voices were all heard when he was in the office.It must be the sound from somewhere in the office, it shouldn't be his problem.

He was finally relieved.

When the weather cleared, he found a chance to mention it to overhaul the equipment to see if there was something wrong with the monitoring equipment erected on the ice on the continental margin.

The blizzard outside gradually subsided, and Ruan Xingyuan lay on the bed and looked out, feeling a burst of joy in his heart.

The emperor penguins are finally going through the most difficult period. They won a short-term victory. Even though the next snowstorm may return, Ruan Xingyuan is still happy for the emperor penguins on the ice on the edge of the continent.

The family-caring father penguin can finally hatch his eggs safely.

Hope that lazy baby penguin comes out soon.

The blizzard stopped, and most of the emperor penguins survived the disaster. They raised their heads and shouted loudly, conveying the joy of their remaining lives to nature.

The high-pitched voice echoed between the glaciers, playing a majestic movement, and the surging vitality was transmitted in the silent white world.In this deep black night, where human beings have fallen asleep.

The young penguins woke up amidst the calls, and they poked their heads out to look at the world blankly, but soon they blended in and celebrated the celebration of life together.

The lights in the house went out.

Ruan Xingyuan closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep, the surroundings were dark and silent.

Suddenly, a menacing child's voice suddenly sounded in the room, waking him up.

"It's so noisy! I'll beat you up when I come out!"

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