Natures wonders: Penguin poop makes nursery (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, May 04, 2015, 22:08 (3489 days ago) @ David Turell

Clever guys: -Gentoo penguins have given the term nesting a whole new meaning.-The penguins poop on their frozen landscape in the Antarctic to melt it, creating the ideal location to rear their young when the time comes, new video footage suggests.-Though most humans wouldn't consider poop an appropriate decoration for a child's nursery (although it is certainly a common element in them), poop seems to play a key role in penguins' breeding behavior. This poop "landscaping" is probably unintentional: The birds most likely aren't considering the feng shui of their feces and deliberately pooping to make room for their chicks' nurseries, researchers said. -http://www.livescience.com/50709-penguins-use-poop-for-breeding.html?cmpid=NL_LS_weekly_2015-05-04