The King Penguins were curious enough on their own. But whenever I sang to them – - any words put to a sing-song voice – - they came closer! Tim, from the ship, sent these photos to me that he captured during one of these singing sessions. Interestingly enough, I was just reading about the Scott expedition (his diaries as well as the diaries of his ship’s doctor, Dr. E. A. Wilson) and this is what Scott wrote in his diary: Wednesday, December 21: Wilson went over the floe to capture some penguins and lay flat on the surface. We saw the birds run up to him, then turn within a few feet and rush away again. He says that they came towards him when he was singing, and ran away again when he stopped.”
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