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[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago (10 children)

Did you know that penguins have a special anus able to withstand a much higher psi than most animals?

They need this so they can squirt their poop away from the egg they're keeping warm.

Of course there's so many penguins in close proximity, this means they're all covered in shit and smell bad.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (7 children)

That last sentence is golden

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

I have first hand experience of the smell, I was told this by a scientist on our way to Antarctica.

Here's the research paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.00926

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

im fascinated by the fact that some people actually go to Antarctica

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

you don't have to shout, we hear you well enough

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