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At
the mating season the penguins of the Antarctic region
appear along desolate, ice-bound, or rocky coasts and
hop, jump, waddle, and toboggan toward favored breeding
sites. In many of these areas smooth paths have been worn
over hard rock formations by countless generations; the
birds use precisely the same paths as their antecedents
to approach the rookery.
The Emperor Penguin breeds in one of the world's most
inhospitable regions during one of the coldest periods
of the year, laying and incubating its eggs in temperatures
as low as -62° C (-80° F).
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