Penguin Watch Talk

Creching behaviour

  • wildmonster by wildmonster

    For those interested in diving deep into scientific studies of creching, here's an article titled "Creching behaviour of Adelie penguin chicks":
    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03014223.1982.10423856

    It says:

    • "The colony adult:chick ratio was inversely related to the percentage of chicks creching within the colony...., the likelihood of creching occurring or not occurring was equiprobable when the adult:chick ratio was 0.88."

    • "creching behaviour is... associated with the numbers of adults present in the colony. A decrease in the relative number of adults correlated with the formation of creches. Conversely, when the relative number of adults is sufficiently large (i.e., greater than 1 adult per chick) creching does not occur."

    P.S. With Warmest Greetings to Moderators πŸ˜ƒ!

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  • gardenmaeve by gardenmaeve moderator

    And warmest thanks back to you, @wildmonster !

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  • yshish by yshish moderator, translator in response to wildmonster's comment.

    Thanks! This is really an interesting information. So happy to have you back on PW πŸ˜ƒ

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  • AvastMH by AvastMH moderator

    Warm greetings to you wildmonster - and thank you for this interesting information - you are as enlightening as ever πŸ˜„

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