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Penguin Poop Seen From Space

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-eat-the-brown-ice dept.

Scientists have found ten new emperor penguin colonies by spotting their skid marks on the Antarctic ice from satellite images (video on page). The ice around the penguins gets very dirty because they congregate in a small area in very large colonies for months. Peter Fretwell, Mapping Expert, British Antarctic Survey says, "What we find is that we can see the guano (excrement) from space. They stay in the same space in very large colonies for eight months of the year and the ice around them gets very dirty, and it's that that we can see on the satellite images."

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  1. Someone needs to set up a cron job... by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...to automatically purge their logs.

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  2. I went ahead and by gcnaddict · · Score: 5, Funny

    I modded-up the article as "fresh."

    Not sure if that helps.

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  3. huh. by TrebleJunkie · · Score: 5, Funny

    And somehow, we're the ones blamed for polluting the planet.

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  4. Hey! Look! by TrebleJunkie · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think there's an emperor penguin colony in my underpants!

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  5. Re:guano != poop by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Never before has any slashdot post been more deserving of an "anal-retentive" tag!

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  6. If penguin poo is visible from orbit... by sdnoob · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the bullshit in Washington D.C. must be visible from Mars.