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Droppings put penguins on the map

Scientists locate 38 emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica using satellites to look for stains from the animals' droppings. Ref. Source 6

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Now that is a interesting way to track them. One would think that ships in the area could help locate them.

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Penguins on 'happy pills' in cold UK

Penguins in a British sanctuary are so miserable about the weather they are being given antidepressants. Ref. Source 2

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In times of plenty, penguin parents keep feeding their grown offspring

A research team reports that fully grown Galapagos penguins who have fledged -- or left the nest -- continue to beg their parents for food. And sometimes, probably when the bounty of the sea is plentiful, parents oblige and feed their adult offspring. Ref. Source 7r.

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Penguin-mounted video captures gastronomic close encounters of the gelatinous kind. Footage from penguin-mounted mini video recorders shows four species of penguin eating jellyfish and other gelatinous animals of the open ocean, a food source penguins were not previously believed to partake of, scientists report. Source 3c.

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That is interesting since many of these species of jellyfish are incredibly poisonous. I'm surprised anything can eat them knowing how deadly their sting can be.