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• by gardenmaeve moderator

  What HAVE they been getting into? Dark mud/oil on at least 3.

  Posted July 28, 2015 9:50 AM

• by Zilli translator

  I've seen the "black-footed Peng" on this day as well. It Looks like mud to me.

  Posted July 28, 2015 9:55 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  http://zooniverse-static.s3.amazonaws.com/www.penguinwatch.org/subjects/standard/5550bb7c7d50fe04e104532b.JPG well it's a

  Posted July 28, 2015 10:00 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  bit dirty (the peng furthest back on left, no the filthy one) but I do think that it looks like the underlying foot colour is black.

  Posted July 28, 2015 10:00 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  Any thoughts?

  Posted July 28, 2015 10:00 AM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Don't suppose we have a situation involving squid?

  Posted July 28, 2015 10:26 AM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  I looked for ideas here http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Pygoscelis_papua.html without success, although there is a great deal of good information.

  Posted July 28, 2015 10:27 AM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  This is interesting: http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2010/03/03/todays_pic_rare_black_penguin/

  Posted July 28, 2015 10:45 AM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  And this: http://www.pinguinwissen.de/en_Aberrations.php

  Posted July 28, 2015 10:47 AM

• by Zilli translator

  thanks for the links, gardenmaeve. A case of melanism is what I thought of. But perhaps it's really just mud. I'll look for "Blackfoot" on

  Posted July 28, 2015 12:29 PM

• by Zilli translator

  other Dates. 😃

  Posted July 28, 2015 12:29 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  I found that pinguinwissen site & had high hopes that it might mention black feet. It's very interesting,as are those other sites - thanks!

  Posted July 28, 2015 12:29 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  😄 Do you mean that this character's been using squid ink foot baths to be impress the others? Cheeeeky! 😄

  Posted July 28, 2015 12:32 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  One never knows! It was that odd black circle on one that made me think of squid.

  Posted July 28, 2015 12:42 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  oh right - wasn't thinking about that. Do you think that might be a sucker mark? That's an interesting idea...

  Posted July 28, 2015 12:49 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  Please, hashtag these as #darkfeet. I've asked the scientists for their opinion. I'm curious what will they say about it 😃

  Posted July 28, 2015 2:12 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Sure thing, yshish!

  Posted July 28, 2015 2:25 PM