On any given day, a penguin may enjoy a hearty meal—or become one. For a penguin, the sea is life, and there’s no way of knowing what’s just below the surface until breaking it. Such is life in the middle of the food chain. It’s often exhilarating, sometimes frightening, and ultimately (like it or not) fatal. So what’s a chubby bird to do? Be fruitful and multiply, or be fearful and calcify? There’s only one answer for him as there is for us: Dive into life and fly.