Penguin Shit Visible From Space
Filed under General • 02-06-2009 •
As well as making for a great headline, this story also happens to be true. According to the BBC News website, scientists have been using satellite photos to locate penguins in the Antarctic – but as the penguins themselves are too small to spot, the boffins have been locating them using the brown stains produced by the birds’ accumulated guano.
Full story here: Link to BBC Science & Environment News.
Tags: Technology • Weirdness
