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Antarctica is considered a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 inches) along the coast and far less inland. Only cold-adapted organisms survive there, including many types of algae, animals (for example mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades), bacteria, fungi, plants, and protista.
Antarctica is home to perhaps the most famous â and the largest â aquatic birds of them all: the emperor penguin, the caravanning species that got a star-turn in both the 2005 French documentary âMarch of the Penguinsâ and in 2006âs âHappy Feet,â where the waddling seafood lovers were bestowed with anthropomorphic skills such as tap dancing and speaking in the voice of Frodo Baggins.