There are four of them!!

[SueEllen]

Gentoo penguins are four species, not one - BBC News

Scientists are calling for a shake-up of the penguin kingdom, saying the gentoo penguin is four species, not one.

According to new evidence, the birds are slightly different in shape and size, and can be told apart by their DNA.

Counting them as separate species will help in conservation, they argue, making it easier to monitor declines.

The change would raise the tally of penguin species from 18 to 21.

Dr Jane Younger of the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath told BBC News: "Superficially, these species look very similar to each other; it's very hard to tell them apart just with your eyes.

"But if we sequence their genomes we can see very clearly that they are different. We also can tell based on different measurements."

[AtW]

Very nice DOOM post

4 penguins of apocalypse are coming!

[SueEllen]

Very nice DOOM post

4 penguins of apocalypse are coming!

It isn't a DOOM post.

There are 4 species of Gentoo penguin when for decades people thought they were all the same species.

So all those companies and organisations that are named or use the image of a Gentoo penguin are actually using the image of one of 4 species.

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[AtW]

It is if I say so

[SueEllen]

It is if I say so

I've put a doom thread up.

[SueEllen]

[AtW]

[vetran]

[Gibbon]

Gentoo penguins are four species, not one - BBC News

Scientists are calling for a shake-up of the penguin kingdom, saying the gentoo penguin is four species, not one.

According to new evidence, the birds are slightly different in shape and size, and can be told apart by their DNA.

Counting them as separate species will help in conservation, they argue, making it easier to monitor declines.

The change would raise the tally of penguin species from 18 to 21.

Dr Jane Younger of the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath told BBC News: "Superficially, these species look very similar to each other; it's very hard to tell them apart just with your eyes.

"But if we sequence their genomes we can see very clearly that they are different. We also can tell based on different measurements."

So there are 4 types of the smelly b*stards. I had the unfortune to come across them on Saunders Island whilst cycling to see the elephant seals. They are disgusting, the true slum dwellers of the penguin world. They live on big mounds of tulip whilst tulipting on each other and pinching each others nest twigs. There's a reason the nearby king penguins have their noses in the air. Now rock hoppers are cool, we were lucky enough to see them coming in and shooting out of the waves onto the rocks, breathtaking.