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Letter: Penguin pique

Published 21 September 2011

From Colin Matthews

I was intrigued to learn that the body temperature of king penguin chicks falls when they are fed cold meals (20 August, p 16). How often do they get hot ones?

London, UK

Issue no. 2831 published 24 September 2011

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