# @bbcearth on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CW_BeUBofcx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73500028-bbcearth-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/de12486ca5.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-12-02T15:01:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC Earth (@bbcearth) — https://gondola.cc/bbcearth

## Caption

"Did you get my best side?"

Unlike most penguins, Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) will rear two chicks in a year. Both parents take it in turns to incubate the egg, and once hatched, chicks will stay in the nest for around 30 days.

#Earthcapture by jarbas.mattos 
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## Tags

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