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SUBMITTER: Williams CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4633883 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Williams Cassondra L CL Hagelin Julie C JC Kooyman Gerald L GL
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20151001 1817
Antarctic penguins survive some of the harshest conditions on the planet. Emperor penguins breed on the sea ice where temperatures drop below -40°C and forage in -1.8°C waters. Their ability to maintain 38°C body temperature in these conditions is due in large part to their feathered coat. Penguins have been reported to have the highest contour feather density of any bird, and both filoplumes and plumules (downy feathers) are reported absent in penguins. In studies modelling the heat transfer pr ...[more]