How penguins p-p-pick their p-p-partners

When it comes to choosing a mate, king penguins seem almost human. The males compete, but it's the female who's in control and picks her partner with care.

They stick together to raise a chick and share the parenting duties.

These magical new pictures from the southern ocean, where king penguins live on islands like the Falklands and South Georgia, show that, whatever the species, the mating game is the same the whole world over...

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