Beware of penguins with "darkest intentions"

Isla Magdalena, located in the Straight of Magellan, is home to at least 200,000 warm-water magellanic penguins. The males arrive in November to find and set up their nests (they use the same nests for life) and wait for their mates (they have the same mates for life) to arrive. The magellanic penguins are distinguished by the double black stripe on the breast, are about 2 feet tall, and behave like my cats.

At this point in the year, the juveniles are still molting, but also beginning to learn what they need to do to live (dive, swim, and fish) so that they are ready when the group heads back to Brazil in March.

This little rebel is sporting a mohawk. 

We spent about an hour with the penguins and exploring the lighthouse (which flies the flags of both Argentina and Chile) which was the right amount of time to meet the cute quota for the day without exceeding the "smells like urine" quota at the same time.

I'm getting a kick out of the translations used at times. This tour was presented in both Spanish and English, and when the tour guide told us how to recognized when a penguin is provoked too much: he will walk toward you with darkest intentions.