Thousands of penguin (Manchots Royaux) are pictured on December 20, 2022 on the Possession Island, part of the Crozet Islands which are a sub-Antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean.  - The Crozet Islands form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.  They are home to four species of penguins.  Most abundant are the macaroni penguin, of which some 2 million pairs breed on the islands, and the king penguin, home to 700,000 breeding pairs; half the world's population.  Mammals living on the Crozet Islands include fur seals and southern elephant seals.  Killer whales have been observed preying upon the seals.  (Photo by PATRICK HERTZOG  /  AFP)

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Updated: December 31, 2022, 6:02 AM