<h1>Hi There!</h1>

![Title.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/MNOs7gyC-Title.png)

Here are our Monthly Biodiversity News for you ^^ 

![Nature News separador.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/ci3qhUPL-Nature20News20separador.png)
<center>
<h1>Beautiful pictures of a penguin... yellow penguin?!🐧</h1>
</center>




##### As you read in the title, Species Hunt dresses up and brings you information about an event captured for the first time in history, photographs of a yellow colored penguin, photographed by the Belgian **Yves Adams**📸.


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/Qvnt1APx-image.png)
>Photo credits: Ian Parker
🚩Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

A **journalistic note** published in **UPSOCL** by **Antonio Rosselot**

It is a specimen observed in the **South Georgia Islands**, and although at first glance it seems extremely curious, this color is due to a **genetic condition** that makes its feathers yellow. The photographer found him in the middle of a colony of around 120,000 king penguins.


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/a9HUvz0m-image.png)
>Photo credits: Yves Adams😱
🚩Location: South Georgia Islands

![Nature News separador.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/ci3qhUPL-Nature20News20separador.png)
# Some characteristics of king penguins

The **king penguin** (*Aptenodytes patagonicus*) is the **second largest penguin in the world** only after the emperor penguin (*Aptenodytes forsteri*). On the upper part of the chest we see a **yellowish orange color**, the back is **gray**, its belly is **white**, the head is **black** and it has a long, pointed and partially orange bill. The legs are adapted for swimming.

The young of this species are quite curious, since they have **brown feathers** that have the appearance of hair. They feed on Krill, small fish and other species (BirdLife International, 2012).


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/4MraELa8-image.png)
>Photo credits: Paul Carroll
🚩Location: South Georgia Islands

![Nature News separador.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/ci3qhUPL-Nature20News20separador.png)
# The Yves Adams experience

"There are few of us who have had the pleasure and privilege of seeing penguins in **their natural habitat**, but in any case, surely all of us here are capable of identifying a specimen that is different from the others. The figure of penguins is universally white and black, and it is **extremely rare to see another color combination** "commented the Belgian.

The photographer never thought that he would come across something never seen before. Fortunately, he had a camera to capture the specimen. He witnessed this specimen when he was in the middle of his expedition to the southernmost corners of the planet, specifically the islands of South Georgia, where one of the **largest king penguin colonies in the world is located**.


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/T926OZNk-image.png)
>Photo credits: Martin Wettstein
🚩Location: South Georgia Islands

The photographer and the rest of the tourists went down in the bay of this island to portray the birds, which in this sector number more than **120 thousand specimens**. While Yves was preparing his photographic equipment, he saw a sea of ​​black and white fur circling the beach, but **one of them caught his attention**, that was the yellow penguin.

"I had never seen or heard of a yellow penguin before. There were **120 thousand birds on that beach and this was the only one of that color**. They all looked normal except this one, it was an incredibly unique experience." Yves Adams


![Nature News separador.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/ci3qhUPL-Nature20News20separador.png)
# The reason?

Yves Adams himself commented that this specimen had **leucism**, so its body did not produce melanin like other penguins, and this gave it this curious coloration.


![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/EjQl48n5-image.png)
>Photo credits: Yves Adams😱
🚩Location: South Georgia Islands

# Without a doubt, a phenomenon that we would all enjoy if we were there!😱

![Nature News separador.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/ci3qhUPL-Nature20News20separador.png)
<center>
# Did you find the information interesting❓🐧

# Do you think this sighting can be repeated soon❓😦

# Let us know what you think in the comments❗️

![Nature News separador.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/ci3qhUPL-Nature20News20separador.png)

<center>
<h1>DNA - Densifying Nature-Appreciation</h1>
</center>

<center>
<img src="https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/adalger/O6qtXRww-IMG_20200208_120948.png" alt="IMG_20200208_120948.png">
</center>

DNA is a not-for-profit organization with the aim to foster and **DENSIFY NATURE-APPRECIATION** and to establish **REPORTS OF BIODIVERSITY DATA** that is contributed by all of us Hiveans and subsequently cataloged and published on a public accessible website one day by the DNA Team. 

Therefore DNA searches for **HIGH-QUALITY** posts that aim to **DETERMINE** and **DESCRIBE** and the **BIODIVERSITY AROUND YOU** with added **EXPLANATIONS** and **INFORMATION**. If you want to participate you will find a **TEMPLATE IN** the **[DNA DISCORD](https://discordapp.com/invite/ATefGeY)** that you can use for this purpose. You can then **PUBLISH** your posts in any of our assigned **DNA COMMUNITIES** that are mentioned below and leave your link the the **SPECIES HUNT CHANNEL** that is also located in the **[DNA DISCORD](https://discordapp.com/invite/ATefGeY)**. We will do the compilation and one day the publication on our website for you ^^

DNA also offer a **CURATION SERVICE**, using the **@dna.org** account, for all your **SPECIES HUNT** or other **BIODIVERSITY RELATED** posts that we find in one of the 3 assigned communities. It is also a **CURATION TRAIL**. Just add the **#dna TAG** if you think that any of your posts is what they may be looking for. But our **MAIN FOCUS** will always be on the **SPECIES HUNT** posts.

At the moment DNA is also the home of the **#amazingnature** for all your post about the amazing nature all around us, the **#featheredfriends** for all you great posts about our feathered friends and the **#fungilovers**  for all your posts about fungi and mushrooms ^^ But we hope that more nature related communities will join, or maybe some Hiveans start their own little project there ;) .. Maybe even you? 

* **[AMAZING NATURE COMMUNITY](https://peakd.com/c/hive-106444/created)**
* **[FEATHERED FRIENDS COMMUNITY](https://peakd.com/c/hive-106444/created)**
* **[FUNGI LOVERS COMMUNITY](https://peakd.com/c/hive-166168/created)**

If you are **INTERESTED** in DNA, please do not hesitate to ask about it, or directly **JOIN US** in the **[DNA DISCORD](https://discordapp.com/invite/ATefGeY)** ;) 

<center>
**"By The People, For The People"**
</center>

Best wishes,
**Biol. Juan Bacab G.🐬**
![Nature News separador.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dna.org/ci3qhUPL-Nature20News20separador.png)