[ETL]

Scientists announced an incredible discovery by looking at poop stains in satellite images — 1.5 million Adélie penguins were living and
thriving on a little patch in Antarctica surrounded by treacherous sea ice called the Danger Islands

[9422WMR]

They don’t look that old!

[PLMerite]

“...by looking at poop stains...”

Penguin skid marks.

[centurion316]

These penguins have apparently been doing just fine for about 2,500 years without any assistance from humans. Now that they have been discovered and the “scientists” have declared that they intend to protect them, we have reason to be concerned. Bad news for the penguins.

[ETL]

Some other colony...

More than 600,000 Adelie penguins nest on Cape Adare, Antarctica

[Red Badger]

Birds smart.
Man stupid......................

[equaviator]

"Who's your Daddy?"

[Gamecock]

Next time I go to that Chinese restaurant I am taking a puzzle with nothing but penguins so I can entertain myself during the wait.

Obscure reference: Seinfeld Seasons 1 & 2: Notes about Nothing – "The Chinese Restaurant" (DVD). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. November 3, 2004.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

They stayed “hidden”? From whom? It’s not like people were looking for them for the first 2,500 years or more.

There is something “fishy” about that headline.

[dead]

The Danger Islands are the mythical home of evil super villian Carlos Danger.

[LibWhacker]

Fitting: pinko scientists looking for fake climate warming data find pink poop.

[Moltke]

People were looking for penguins there 2800 years ago?

[SunkenCiv]

It turns out that these elusive seabirds had lived on the islands undetected for at least 2,800 years... Danger Islands

Since Antarctica wasn't discovered until 1820, the 2,800 year figure is nonsense; also, since penguins only came to the attention of those colonialist Europeans during the 16th century, the 2,800 year figure is also nonsense.

[epluribus_2]

They finally discovered the location of the true World Masters! From their secret Enclave we have planned and guided history since time immemorial. Super intellectual Immortal beings are so vastly Superior for the rest of us that they hid themselves away to avoid upsetting the delicate balance human societal evolution. A new era begins

[dirtymac]

Now the island will be inundated with environmental wackos, and scientist and the rest of the earth worshipers to show how much they care for these poor critters.

[PapaBear3625]

The Danger Islands are not easy to get to, as they are "so-called because they're almost always covered by a thick layer of sea ice all around that precludes regular censuses in this area," Lynch said.

What do penguins need? A place inaccessible to predators, near good supplies of seafood. The islands seem to be suitable.

[TalBlack]

“We thought that we knew where all the [Adélie] penguin colonies were,”

I often wondered if whales don’t have unknown haunts that we know nothing about.