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

  

  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.