The Japanese Antarctic research team attached video cameras to the backs of Adelie penguins and let them shoot videos of their lives under the water. Because Adelie penguins spend much of their times under the sea ice, and it is difficult to study their behaviour. It was the first attempt to film their behaviour under the water.
Yesterday, the Japanese news programs widely broadcasted the pictures acquired by the mission team. They were stunning. One of them showed a round head of a penguin in front and the sea ice on the back, apparently taken while he was swimming towards the sea ice. Another showed his fellow penguins swimmig closely.
While I worry how these cameras were attached on the back, it is an interesting and perhaps clever idea to unveil secrets of life below the ice.
Link to the news:
Japanese researchers in Antarctic attach cameras to penguins to film behavior under ice
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