At the Akademik Vernadsky station, nearly a thousand penguin chicks have been born. Check out the video!

On Galindez Island, near the "Academician Vernadsky" station, approximately a thousand sub-Antarctic penguin chicks have already been born. This information was reported by the National Antarctic Scientific Center.

Some nests still contain eggs, so the number of chicks is expected to increase, although most families already have two little ones each.

The Center shared a video demonstrating the feeding process. When a chick requests food, the adult penguin "delivers" partially digested food from its esophagus to its beak, and the chick enjoys the meal from there.

Galindez is primarily home to sub-Antarctic penguins, also known as jackass penguins due to their distinctive loud calls. They arrive on the island in spring for breeding. Here, they build nests, lay eggs (usually two), and raise their chicks.

Last season, the station noted that the number of sub-Antarctic penguins on Galindez reached a record 7,000.