Approaching a population of 9,000 emperor penguins

Not long ago scientists at Princess Elisabeth Research Station discovered the presence of one of the largest known emperor penguin populations.

Recently, an expedition team decided to make the journey to reach the location of the penguins. This expedition team is headed by Alain Hubert - Belgian.

The newly discovered emperor penguin population.(Source: Getty Images)

Speaking of this expedition, Alain Hubert said: " I was surprised and surprised compared to what I had dreamed of and imagined when I directly saw the number of emperor penguins living here too crowded. casting ".

This expedition has access to more than 9,000 emperor penguins, of which 3/4 are chicks. Hubert also said: You can reach them, When you talk, they are like listening to you.

Thick ice sheets in autumn and winter are the places where emperor penguins gather, mate, lay eggs and feed young birds. As an adult, emperor penguins can be as tall as 1.2m and weigh about 38kg.

However, if the bandage breaks and disappears at the beginning of the breeding season, they will not be able to give birth. In addition, the disappearance of ice also affects their food source.