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[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 40 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Did you know that penguins have a special anus able to withstand a much higher psi than most animals?

They need this so they can squirt their poop away from the egg they're keeping warm.

Of course there's so many penguins in close proximity, this means they're all covered in shit and smell bad.

[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That last sentence is golden

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

I have first hand experience of the smell, I was told this by a scientist on our way to Antarctica.

Here's the research paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.00926

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just to put the smell in perspective….

Is it worse than a sack of spoiling potatoes?

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've never smelled bad potatoes, but penguins eat mostly krill so just imagine tons of fishy poop

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

It’s not a smell I can really recommend, let’s just say it’s the most, uh, memorable smell I’ve smelled.

(Specifically cleaning dormitories over summer. Someone left a sack. Ac was turned off.)

[–] Nihadofmay@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

im fascinated by the fact that some people actually go to Antarctica

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago

you don't have to shout, we hear you well enough

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Subscribe penguin facts

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

Penguins have very modern social habits. There's been numerous instances of gay penguins, and they'll even adopt any extra eggs.

https://sites.tufts.edu/museumstudents/2021/02/22/whats-with-all-the-gay-penguins/