Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming penguins in the world 🐧 💨 They're also highly intelligent. Watch as they swim together to evade tough predators like this leopard seal. National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory spent two years discovering the secret behaviours, surprising intelligence and close-knit societies of penguins from Antarctica to the Galápagos. Much of what he discovered has never been filmed before. Watch Secrets of the Penguins this Earth Day. Tuesday April 22nd from 7pm,

Want to learn a little more about Gentoo penguins? Here are some fun facts to learn before going to see them for yourself! #penguins #travelwithquark #Antarctica See them in person! http://hubs.ly/H045YJW0 | Quark Expeditions

🇬🇧 In our unique replica of the Antarctic habitat you can find four penguin species of antarctica; the king penguin, the gentoo penguin, the chinstrap penguin and the northern rockhopper penguin. In the Antarctic, these seabirds form colonies of hundreds of thousands of individuals and benefit from the enormous abundance of fish found in the polar ecosystems each spring. Unfortunately, this richness is seriously threatened by alterations in marine circulation caused by climate change. The snow