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Penguin fathers preserve food for their chicks

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  • Michel Gauthier-Clerc

    (Centre d'Écologie et Physiologie Énergétiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Institut Français pour la Recherche et la Technologie Polaire)

  • Yvon Le Maho

    (Centre d'Écologie et Physiologie Énergétiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Institut Français pour la Recherche et la Technologie Polaire)

  • Yannick Clerquin

    (Centre d'Écologie et Physiologie Énergétiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Institut Français pour la Recherche et la Technologie Polaire)

  • Samuel Drault

    (Centre d'Écologie et Physiologie Énergétiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Institut Français pour la Recherche et la Technologie Polaire)

  • Yves Handrich

    (Centre d'Écologie et Physiologie Énergétiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Institut Français pour la Recherche et la Technologie Polaire)

Abstract

The king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus feeds only at sea and must live off its reserves when it comes ashore to breed. We found that male penguins returning to their egg between three weeks before and ten days after it hatches bring food for the chick in their stomachs. This food can be preserved in the stomach for two to three weeks while the male fasts, enabling him to feed the chick if the female's return is delayed.

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  • Michel Gauthier-Clerc & Yvon Le Maho & Yannick Clerquin & Samuel Drault & Yves Handrich, 2000. "Penguin fathers preserve food for their chicks," Nature, Nature, vol. 408(6815), pages 928-929, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:408:y:2000:i:6815:d:10.1038_35050163
    DOI: 10.1038/35050163
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