Rainbow of poo colours, algae, and footprints:
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by gardenmaeve moderator
Interesting article discussing penguin krill-coloured poo, algae, and the effect of all those penguins trails.
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by gardenmaeve moderator
Study of penguin guano a couple of years back: http://phys.org/news/2013-10-australia-antarctic-mission-focuses-penguin.html
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by gardenmaeve moderator
Penguin study learns from penguin poo and vomit: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/12/penguins_in_antarctica_is_fishing_in_the_ross_sea_harming_adelies_photos.html
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by gardenmaeve moderator
Generalized piece on the subject- note numbers 8, 9, 15, 16 for the parts related to our subject here. http://io9.com/18-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-poop-1619491887
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by gardenmaeve moderator
Fossilized penguin poo and the mosses that grow in it. https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/penguin-poop-feeds-antarctic-moss/
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by AvastMH moderator
WOW! great bit of research gardenmaeve. I'll do the video of the mosses on Monday. But I'm intrigued by studying penguin poop that's 5,000 years old. The poop-art was spectacular - all those multi-coloured trails 😃
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by Natureview
And there we are, trying to count penguins from our computer... They can as well do it from space...
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by gardenmaeve moderator
Thank you, @Natureview! This is a good place for your new link, and an interesting piece it is, too.
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by AvastMH moderator
It's great to see that there are other projects working to save these magnificent birds and their environment. We are able to supply accurate information about eggs and chicks over the breeding season. And for the first time we have scientists who can sit out through the Antarctic night and indeed 24 hours of every day without a day off so that we know details what they do at that time, and those scientists are - us 😃
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