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Rare Black Penguin Spotted in Antartica

Rare Black Penguin Spotted in Antartica

Friday, March 5, 2010

You might not see anything out of the ordinary with this photo, but this Penguin is not wearing a traditional tux!  Andrew Evans captured this photo of a an all-black penguin while traveling in Antarctica.

National Geographic contacted Ornithologist Dr. Allan Baker for comment and he called the penguin “a one in a zillion kind of mutation.”  Read more of Dr. Baker’s comments here.

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