Penguins May Use Sense of Smell to Identify Kin (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Penguins May Use Sense of Smell to Identify Kin

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Penguins may be able to smell if another penguin is a relative, a skill that is useful in avoiding inbreeding in densely populated colonies.

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im Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society

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