A study of king penguins at Marion Island (pictured here) – along with two other species – revealed that they chirp under water Florian Orgeret
Whales, dolphins, seals and even sea turtles can vocalise under water – and scientists have discovered that penguins can, too. It is the first time seabirds have been found to produce sound under water.
“The use of acoustic signals at sea could potentially enhance seabirds’ foraging success, but this remains largely unexplored,” says Andréa Thiebault at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa.
Thiebault and her colleagues taped cameras with audio recorders to the backs of six king…
