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Emperor penguins huddle in rotating groups to survive Antarctic winter

Dense huddles conserve body heat during minus forty degree blizzards.

During Antarctic winter, male emperor penguins incubate eggs while standing on open ice shelves. To survive freezing winds, hundreds of penguins pack into tight huddles, constantly shifting position so that chilled outer birds rotate into the warm interior.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Dense huddles conserve body heat during minus forty degree blizzards. The figure is taken from Natural History Museum, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a animals fact?: Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.