The Adelie Penguins are the smallest of the penguins living on the Antarctica continent. Also, they were named after the wife of a French explorer in the 1830s. They nest and breed on the rocky, ice-free beaches in large colonies of ten thousands of birds. There are over 2.5 million breeding pairs living in the Antarctica region. Find out more!
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