Penguin Watch Talk

Scratch marks

  • nichim by nichim

    What are all these scratch marks about? And red rocks? Or guts? Looks a bit like something dramatic happened here.

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  • gardenmaeve by gardenmaeve moderator

    Only high velocity penguin guano, including the remains of krill dinner.

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  • banthesun by banthesun

    gardenmaeve's right! The red is from the krill they eat, and what looks like scratch marks is also penguin poop! They turn around in their nest, and when they poop it makes that cool radial pattern!

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