we see an emperor penguin meet his chick for the first time - and we learn about the special relationship between father and babies in the penguin world. Watch the full BBC Select documentary ...

Imagine you're about to be a proud, new father ... but not least is the male emperor penguin who does a lot of the hard work early on. Females entrust their eggs to the males.

Unlike other birds, male emperor penguins do not sit on their ... Depending on the species of seahorse, the father can carry as many as 1,500 eggs in one pregnancy. Dad keeps them safe as eggs ...

Where all other penguin species lay two eggs, the emperor penguin female lays only one, measuring 11.1 to 12.7 cm long and weighing 345 to 515g - that’s about the weight of 13 Cadbury’s Crème Eggs!

The male emperor penguin is entirely responsible for incubating his mate's precious egg over the long Antarctic ... The male Red Fox is a devoted mate and father. Not only does he supply his ...

emperor penguins lay and incubate their eggs during the winter in frigid Antarctica, where they live. Due to the fact that ...

The series' Chinese title literally means "penguin father ... fact that Emperor penguins is the only penguin species of which the male is fully responsible for incubating the eggs.