Scientists discover a new penguin colony from SPACE

UK Daily Mail ^ | 1/20/2023 | Sam Tonkin

[fruser1]

Emperor penguins need sea ice to breed and are located in areas that are very difficult to study because they are remote and often inaccessible and can experience temperatures as low as −76°F (−60°C).

Previous discoveries of emperor penguin colonies show gaps between them, leading scientists to suspect that groups like to keep at least 60 miles (100km) between themselves.

They spotted 11 new emperor penguin colonies, three of which were previously identified but never confirmed.

At the time it was estimated the continent had between 265,500 and 278,500 breeding pairs.

[fruser1]

So now we know who's been piloting all of those little UFOs buzzing about.

[DannyTN]

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Breeding Pairs…
How bout the ones that don’t breed?? ;-)

[Libloather]

With a side order of fried grubs and some hot sauce? Yum.

[napscoordinator]

I love penguins. I’ve been to five continents. I only have South America and Antarctica left. Someday I’m going to do a South American cruise and hit both really to see the penguins in Antarctica. I did see the penguins in sea world. Lol.

[Ezekiel]

So now we know who's been piloting all of those little UFOs buzzing about.

Yup. And now we know why they changed the name to UAPs.

Unidentified Aerial Penguins.

[fruser1]

Terry Gilliam discovers flying penguins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4

[Ezekiel]

That was funny and so well done.

The media can fake anything!

[GreenLanternCorps]

[PrairieLady2]

UAPs...good one! 😆

[BlueLancer]

How bout the ones that don’t breed?? ;-)

Do you mean the ones who use "they/them" as their pronouns?

[ClearCase_guy]

I, for one, welcome our new Penguin Overlords.

[BipolarBob]

If there can be sharks, there can be penguins.

[mewzilla]

As long as it’s not space squid...

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Indeed! Pronoun Penguin lives matter!!

[TangoLimaSierra]

Terry Gilliam discovers flying penguins:

Actually Terry Jones. But funny.

[TomGuy]

Interesting BBC documentary. They have produced some interesting ones over the years.

I especially enjoyed the one about BBC: Spaghetti-Harvest in Ticino:

https://youtu.be/tVo_wkxH9dU

[ro_dreaming]

I remember a big huge news article about a “gay” penguin couple. What about them?

[Vaduz]

They spotted 11 new emperor penguin colonies, three of which were previously identified as outlaws shots fired.

[ShadowAce]

Among the 66 is a new colony of around 500 penguins which has just been discovered at Verleger Point, West Antarctica.

How can there possibly be a West Antarctica?

Every direction from the Pole is North.