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The chicks grow quickly on a diet of fish and squid.

有鱼吃的小企鹅长得非常快

Soon they're keen to explore, but always with mother in tow. 

不久它们就想外出探险了，当然妈妈会一直跟着

This chick is less fortunate. 

这只小企鹅不太幸运

Its mother has not returned to claim it. 

它的妈妈一直没有回来

Another orphan is searching for a new family, but this female already has a chick of her own. 

另一个孤儿在寻找新的家庭，但这个妈妈已经有自己的小宝宝了

Some orphans receive too much mothering from penguins whose own chicks have not survived.

一些孤儿从那些失去了自己孩子的雌企鹅那里获得了很多的母爱

The urge to parent is so strong that they will compete with one another to adopt any chick they find.

企鹅希望当父母的愿望非常强烈，它们有时会为收养那些失去父母的小企鹅发生争执

Many of these squabbles end in tragedy as the poor chick is trampled to death. 

这种争执很多以悲剧结束，因为可怜的小宝宝会被踩死

Those chicks that do have parents quickly learn survival skills. 

那些有父母的小企鹅很快学会了生存的本领

Even in spring, they must huddle together for warmth just as their fathers did in the depths of winter.

即使在春天，它们也必须紧靠在一起取暖，就像它们的爸爸在冬天里那样

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