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Tag: Japan’s National Institute of Polar Research

  • Thursday, January 24th 2013 - 08:00 UTC

    Adelie penguins filmed in underwater hunting skills with miniature video cameras

    Professor Yuuki Watanabe from Japan’s National Institute of Polar Research

    Miniature cameras attached to a penguin's head have given Japanese scientists a bird's eye view of the creature's incredible underwater hunting skills. Using video cameras weighing just 33 grams and equipped with accelerometers, depth gauges and thermometers, researchers were able to see exactly what the Adelie penguin sees when it goes out to catch krill and other prey in its native Antarctica.