Thursday, January 13, 2011

Study: Penguin tracking bands hurt the seabirds (AP)

This undated image provided by Benoît Gineste via the journal Nature shows a King penguin with a tracking band on its flipper walking among other adults and juveniles on the sub-antarctic island of Crozet. Many penguin researchers put metal bands on the seabirds' flippers to track them. But the decade-long survival rate for banded King penguins is 16 percent lower than penguins who don't have metal trackers, according to a new study published Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 in the journal Nature. (AP Photo/Nature, Benoît Gineste)AP - Some scientists studying penguins may be inadvertently harming them with the metal bands they use to keep track of the tuxedo-clad seabirds, a new study says. The survival rate of King penguins with metal bands on their flippers was 44 percent lower than those without bands and banded birds produced far fewer chicks, according to new research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.


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