Aptenodytes fosteri, emperor penguin
This emperor penguin, one of the earliest to come to Britain, was one of the many specimens collected by James Clark Ross’ Antarctic expedition between/n1839 and 1843. The taxidermist who prepared it was not familiar with live emperor penguins and created an unusually long, thin
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