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Aquarium Builds New 'Assisted Living' Retirement Retreat for Aging African Penguins to Live Out Their Golden Years
Like humans, African penguins tend to slow down as they age. They might suffer from arthritis and other age-related ...
At a Penguin ‘Retirement Home,’ a Slower Pace and Plenty of Fish
Six African Penguins at the New England Aquarium in Boston have made a new home on an island designed to address the aches ...
Do penguin eggs become transparent when boiled? Here's what experts say
A Reddit user boiled penguin eggs which turned see-through rather than opaque like chicken eggs. This happens due to the ...
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The Scent of Penguin Poo Causes Krill to Zigzag Away
probably because they know that penguins are on their way to eat them. After putting it to the test, a research team has ...
A small amount of penguin poop is enough to spook krill
The penguin poop didn’t only influence krill movements. In another phase of the experiment, researchers noticed the ...
Elderly penguins are retiring in style on their own island at this Boston aquarium
The New England Aquarium in Boston has opened a new private island for their elderly African penguins, where they can eat and ...
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Stinky penguin poop strikes fear into the hearts of Antarctic krill
The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers report March 20 in ...
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S. Africa court bars fishing to protect endangered African Penguins
When penguins do not eat enough, preferably sardines or anchovies, they tend to abandon breeding, they say. There were more than 15,100 breeding pairs in 2018 but this dropped to around 8,750 by the ...