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"March of the Penguins" is a documentary on the life cycle of Emperor Penguins. When these penguins turn five, they leave their coastal homes and head for their nesting ground in an organized manner. There they find a mate. The female lays a single egg, then transfers it to the male, and then goes back to the sea in search of food. The males huddle together for several months to keep warm in the midst of harsh winter winds. In the spring, the chicks hatch, and the females return. It's now the males' turn to search for food. This cycle continues in the presence of harsh weather conditions and predators, and will go on until the surviving chicks can make the journey to the coast and take to the waters. This family of three may never see each other again, as parents rarely mate a second winter.

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This documentary is not like most of what I've seen, and for several reasons.

One is that it used an anthropomorphic approach; The narrator made it clear that it was a......

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