07 Aug 2007

Satellite tracking of penguin travels

You could see if a half-dozen Magellanic penguins developed a "big bird is watching" dislike in front this month is for, but the surveillance really will be for their own good. University of Washington researchers will attach disciple tracking devices to the backs of six penguins that take been treated at two centers in northern Argentina after their feathers were fouled with oil. The birds will be released into the Atlantic tons and their movements traced using satellites and the Internet........

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