Ice and fury: penguins vs. skuas
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A footage of wild animals' daily activities in Antarctica during an ongoing mission of China's 36th Antarctic expedition was released on Sunday.

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The footage captures an interesting encounter between a group of Adelie penguins and two skuas. After looking at each other for a while, the penguins approached the skuas, and chased one of them after the skua fled in horror to keep a safe distance.

A Gentoo penguin faces off with a South polar skua on Cuverville Island, Antarctica. /VCG Photo

A Gentoo penguin faces off with a South polar skua on Cuverville Island, Antarctica. /VCG Photo

The footage also shows the environment in Antarctica. It is filmed by a CCTV reporter accompanying the expedition on Chinese research icebreaker Xuelong.

Xuelong and another Chinese polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 reached the waters near the Zhongshan Station in Antarctica on Wednesday.

(Editor: Zhu Yingming; Cover: an Adelie penguin. /VCG Photo)

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