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At-sea associations in foraging little penguins. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Prey distribution, patch size, and the presence of conspecifics are important factors influencing a predator's feeding tactics, including the decision to feed individually or socially.
Maud Berlincourt, John P Y Arnould
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Visitor Attitudes Toward Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) at Two Australian Zoos

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
This study identified and compared the attitudes of visitors toward zoo-housed little penguins, their enclosure and visitor experience that may influence the way visitors behave toward little penguins at two Australian zoos.
Samantha J. Chiew, Paul H. Hemsworth, Vicky Melfi, Sally L. Sherwen, Alicia Burns, Alicia Burns, Grahame J. Coleman   +6 more
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Departure time influences foraging associations in little penguins. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Recent studies have documented that little penguins (Eudyptula minor) associate at sea, displaying synchronised diving behaviour throughout a foraging trip.
Grace J Sutton, Andrew J Hoskins, Maud Berlincourt, John P Y Arnould   +3 more
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Influence of fasting during moult on the faecal microbiota of penguins. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Many seabirds including penguins are adapted to long periods of fasting, particularly during parts of the reproductive cycle and during moult. However, the influence of fasting on the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota has not been investigated in seabirds.
Meagan L Dewar, John P Y Arnould, Lutz Krause, Phil Trathan, Peter Dann, Stuart C Smith   +5 more
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Fatal toxoplasmosis in Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) from Penguin Island, Western Australia

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022
Routine post mortems of deceased penguins from Penguin Island, Western Australia, found that a temporal cluster of cases presented with characteristic gross and microscopic changes, namely birds in good body condition with hepatomegaly and splenomegaly ...
Kym Campbell, Andrea Paparini, Adriana Botero Gomez, Belinda Cannell, Nahiid Stephens   +4 more
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Epidemiology and molecular phylogeny of Babesia sp. in Little Penguins Eudyptula minor in Australia

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015
Blood parasites are potential threats to the health of penguins and to their conservation and management. Little penguins Eudyptula minor are native to Australia and New Zealand, and are susceptible to piroplasmids (Babesia), hemosporidians (Haemoproteus,
Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Eric J. Woehler, Valeria Ruoppolo, Peter Vertigan, Nicholas Carlile, David Priddel, Annett Finger, Peter Dann, Kimberly Vinette Herrin, Paul Thompson, Francisco C. Ferreira Junior, Érika M. Braga, Renata Hurtado, Sabrina Epiphanio, José Luiz Catão-Dias   +14 more
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Microbiota of little penguins and short-tailed shearwaters during development.

PLoS ONE, 2017
The establishment and early colonisation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract has been recognised as a crucial stage in chick development, with pioneering microbial species responsible for influencing the development of the GI tract and influencing host ...
Meagan L Dewar, John P Y Arnould, Theo R Allnutt, Tamsyn Crowley, Lutz Krause, John Reynolds, Peter Dann, Stuart C Smith   +7 more
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The consequences of chaos: Foraging activity of a marine predator remains impacted several days after the end of a storm.

PLoS ONE, 2021
As extreme weather is expected to become more frequent with global climate change, it is crucial to evaluate the capacity of species to respond to short-term and unpredictable events.
Emmanuelle Barreau, Akiko Kato, Andre Chiaradia, Yan Ropert-Coudert   +3 more
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Strouhal number analysis for the swimming of little penguin (Eudyptula minor): Proof of efficient underwater propulsion

Results in Engineering, 2023
Penguins are the utmost specialized wing-propelled divers as their flapping action is accountable for the entire underwater propulsion. However, numerical evidence of how efficient their underwater propulsion is has not been studied to date.
Mahadi Hasan Masud, Peter Dabnichki
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Physiological Response to Feeding in Little Penguins [PDF]

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 2006
Specific dynamic action (SDA), the increase in metabolic rate above resting levels that accompanies the processes of digestion and assimilation of food, can form a substantial part of the daily energy budget of free-ranging animals. We measured heart rate (fH) and rate of oxygen consumption (VO2) in 12 little penguins while they digested a meal of ...
Green, J. A., Frappell, Peter Brian, Clark, Timothy Darren, Butler, P. J.   +3 more
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