Scientists are spying on frisky penguins with these kinda obvious cameras

Antarctic researchers are being a bit creepy in the name of science.

They’ve been using remote timelapse cameras to keep track of the mating habits of Adélie penguins, which helps to map out their breeding cycles.

Cameras take up to 12 pictures a day of the nests, which will tell researchers when eggs are laid, when they hatch, and if the chicks survive. 

That data derived from the cameras was then compared to direct observations, and it was discovered that breeding timings were the same. The findings of the project have been detailed in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Read more…

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