Standing there on the beach in the small town of Denmark in Western Australia on Friday afternoon was a male emperor penguin, about 2,100 miles from where one might expect to find it, in Antarctica.

Emperor penguins are the tallest and heaviest of all penguin species, standing over a meter tall and weighing up to 40 kg. Native to Antarctica, these penguins depend on sea ice for survival. Rising temperatures and melting sea ice are major threats to their habitat, which could lead to unusual sightings like this one in Australia.