Penguin-Mounted Video Shows Penguins Eating Jellyfish (VIDEO)

Ecological Society of America

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Footage from penguin-mounted mini video recorders shows four species of penguin eating jellyfish and other gelatinous animals of the open ocean, a food source penguins were not previously believed to partake of, scientists report in the October 2017 issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. The video shows examples from over 350 hours of footage documented nearly 200 penguin attacks on jellyfish and ctenophores.

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