Just Like The Great Wall Of China Penguin Poo Is Visible From Space
Updated : Jun 2, 2009
Scientists have located emperor penguin breeding colonies in Antarctica - after spotting giant poo stains from space.
Satellite images picked up huge red-brown stains on the pristine white sea ice, indicating the presence of thousands of penguins.
It meant that researchers for the British Antarctic Survey were able to locate every colony on the continent for the first time ever, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The in-depth satellite survey identified 38 breeding colonies - believed to amount to between 200,000 and 400,000 breeding pairs of emperor penguins.
Until now it has been difficult to accurately estimate the population of emperor penguins because scientists have not been able to track them during the winter breeding season.
Mrs VeryHappyPig regularly bemoans the state and smell from The VeryHappyPig households bathroom. But VHP believes she can count herself lucky 10 years worth of our poo couldn’t be seen from space! Imagine if she lived with the penguins! VHP is now thinking twice about picking up and eating the Penguin bar he packed for his lunch today!
