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Antarctic - Ad?lie Penguin abandons incubation

makoto

Well-known member
9 Jan., antarctic correspondent announced

"Adélie Penguin rookery" Mizukuguri cove, Antarctic

this season, the Adélie Penguin abandons more the egg than usual

<iframe width="300" height="200" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.ch/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=-69.004394,39.581716&sll=46.362093,9.036255&sspn=3.790893,9.766846&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-69.184041,39.530182&spn=0.097605,0.411987&z=10&iwloc=A&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.ch/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=fr&geocode=&q=-69.004394,39.581716&sll=46.362093,9.036255&sspn=3.790893,9.766846&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-69.184041,39.530182&spn=0.097605,0.411987&z=10&iwloc=A" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">mizukuguri cove</a></small> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizukuguri_Cove
*Mizukuguri cove is about 20 km south of Showa Station(East Ongul Island in Antarctica)

number of Adélie Penguin' nests at Mizukuguri cove
1st Dec., 435 nests
27 Dec., 170 nests
06 Jan., 95 nests
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Adélie Penguin and abandon eggs, photo sankei news

"this year, the frozen sea is deepest"
"the frozen sea condition affects the breeding season, penguins for search of prey can't come back here"
Akinori Takahashi, National Institute of Polar Research, supposes

"Adélie Penguin breeding research is 5th times"
"I've never seen the likes" he said

National Institute of Polar Research http://www.nipr.ac.jp/english/
real time live camera Showa Station http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~webcam/index2.html
jiji com http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/english/web/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jiji.com%2Fjc%2Fc%3Fg%3Dsoc_30%26k%3D2011010800255&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2
sankei news http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/english/web/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsankei.jp.msn.com%2Fscience%2Fscience%2F110108%2Fscn1101082120003-n1.htm&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2
 
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