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Penguins...are they really how we imagined them to be?

  Penguins —those adorable, black-and-white, flightless birds that we cannot get enough of. They don’t have a normal walk, no no, they waddle waddle, always seeming to be in a hurry, as if the Black Friday sale is about to end. Sometimes, they even flop on their bellies and go weeeeeee into the white snow. Especially their chicks—they are the cutest! Honestly, any one of us would pick one up and snuggle with those little babies. And once they find “the one,” their mate for life, the male penguins go off to find the prettiest pebble and propose to their lover. Where can I find my own penguin? But did you know that beneath all those cute black-and-white feathers lies a darker side? A side that might make you see penguins in a whole new way. Are you ready for it? During mating season, penguin parents sometimes fight with other parents for the best nesting spots. These fights can get so aggressive that they end up breaking each other’s beaks and flippers—and in some cases, it can be fa...