Saturday, June 23, 2012

Mating

I always thought that some breeds of penguins mated for life. That is not the case. According to the Smithsonian the Galapagos penguins have the highest reuniting rate of all penguins at 93 percent. As for the lowest reuniting rate of all penguins at 15 percent goes to the Emperor penguins. Here is an interesting tidbit: Penguins found in the Southern hemisphere are more likely to "divorce" their mate for newer ones due to the narrower window of breeding opportunities to be successful. I never thought a penguin could be so fickle.

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