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• by mrrudisill

  Some of these are really fat while others are skinny? does this help determine between male and female?

  Posted April 1, 2015 4:01 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  All that happens is that they crouch down a bit when standing, or tuck themselves up when sitting. If they can reduce

  Posted April 1, 2015 4:15 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  their outside surface to as small as possible they will stay as warm as possible. If they all stood up and stretched as tall

  Posted April 1, 2015 4:16 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  as possible they would look quite thin 😃

  Posted April 1, 2015 4:16 PM

• by Motherjoanne

  Hey, here is green poop from Chin Straps!

  Posted April 20, 2015 1:09 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  There's a really squiggly bit on the bottom right - yukko! One day we will know just what that stuff is - I'm still betting on squid 😃

  Posted April 20, 2015 7:49 AM

• by Motherjoanne

  I think squid makes a lot of sense.

  Posted April 20, 2015 3:34 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  Why do you think that squid would make the poop green?😃 It appears brown/yellow on my screen but if green, I'd say it must be caused by

  Posted April 20, 2015 4:06 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  eating algae, not by eating animals. It doesn't make any sense to me. But I can be wrong 😃

  Posted April 20, 2015 4:06 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  I'm happy to go with that idea...just couldn't think what it might. Knowing they eat squid (and your digestion can change colours - clearly

  Posted April 20, 2015 4:11 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  not krill though! On my screen it's definitely green. That's another nuisance - who's got true colour on their screen? Sigh! Complicated :-0

  Posted April 20, 2015 4:11 PM

• by Motherjoanne

  Ive been trying to keep a log of when green poop appears and so far it is mostly Oct, Nov, early Dec-before chicks and with snow on ground.

  Posted April 22, 2015 3:17 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  Oh boy - that's very scientific of you! I've got a 'poop'collection with some pictures in it. So it makes me wonder, is it that this food

  Posted April 22, 2015 7:22 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  is mostly available during the spring, or is it that it's overwhelmed by krill poop colouring the soil when the snow has melted? Someone

  Posted April 22, 2015 7:24 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  needs to visit them with a very long handled poop-a-scooper at the right time of year. Volunteers? I just took a step back 😉 😃

  Posted April 22, 2015 7:26 AM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  As I understand it the squid dinners cause black guano.

  Posted April 24, 2015 3:38 AM

• by Motherjoanne

  Interesting. I can't find any reference to them eating algae. Does anyone else have one?

  Posted April 24, 2015 4:39 AM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  There can be an algae growing in the poo/snow (not just have been eaten by penguins)

  Posted April 24, 2015 1:03 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  Not a serious source but they say that green penguin poop is a sign that penguins are moulting. http://www.thetravelingrichters.com/2010/02/17/a-bit-of-penguin-bathroom-humor

  Posted April 24, 2015 1:12 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  These are nesting but it means they don't eat krill at this time either.. Hmm.

  Posted April 24, 2015 1:13 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  Another source tells that the green is probably bile but they talk about emperors. http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/PenguinFAQ.html

  Posted April 24, 2015 1:17 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  Here they mention algae diet:Green poo indicates a diet of algae, a food of last resort that usually means other foods are in short supply.

  Posted April 24, 2015 1:19 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  The source of the last statement: http://qi.com/infocloud/penguins
  I guess each of this can be a reason for green poo.

  Posted April 24, 2015 1:22 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  Well this crew are not moulting, so that reason is off the list, but I am intersted in that one. If these are having to eat algae when

  Posted April 24, 2015 2:48 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  in the early nesting phase that's going to use a lot off their body resources and will be quite stressful for them. But many seem to have

  Posted April 24, 2015 2:49 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  good healthy chicks later on. Strange....

  Posted April 24, 2015 2:49 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  They mentioned the moulting because it is the time penguins don't eat at all since they can't go to the water.. but they don't eat while

  Posted April 24, 2015 3:55 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  nesting either so the poo can't be red from krill so it COULD be the same situation as they meant. But I don't think that it would be green

  Posted April 24, 2015 3:56 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  from eating algae in such a case BUT it could be green from an algae growing in the poop. But the bile reason could be true as well. Haha

  Posted April 24, 2015 3:57 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  (I meant: why should it be green from eating algae when they don't eat while nesting/moulting but not from krill?)

  Posted April 24, 2015 3:59 PM

• by Motherjoanne

  Hey, thanks for the site citation! And continuing discussion of green poo.

  Posted April 24, 2015 5:25 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  Oh! Right! got it yshish! I understand what you are saying. Oh I wish we knew. :-0
  Happy to help Motherjoanne - this is real science 😃

  Posted April 24, 2015 6:19 PM