Keeping warm: Coordinated movements in a penguin huddle

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 17:00 in Earth & Climate

To survive temperatures below -50 C and gale-force winds above 180 km/h during the Antarctic winter, Emperor penguins form tightly packed huddles and, as has recently been discovered – the penguins actually coordinate their movements to give all members of the huddle a chance to warm up.

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