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Chicks stay with their parents until they have grown a waterproof set of feathers. For King penguins this can take as much as 15 months, but for most species it is a matter of only 7 to 10 weeks. Yellow-eyed penguins still keep close to their parents while on land even after fledging for at least another year.
