The origin of traveling waves in an emperor penguin huddle
Emperor penguins breed during the Antarctic winter and have to endure temperatures as low as −50 °C and wind speeds of up to 200 km h ^−1 . To conserve energy, they form densely packed huddles with a triangular lattice structure. Video recordings from previous studies revealed coordinated movements...
Published in: | New Journal of Physics |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2013
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/12/125022 https://doaj.org/article/67541e000cbd4c9a904cdff52614931c |