Scientists tracked more than 6,000 penguin dives beneath Antarctic sea ice and found that prey may become harder to reach, even when it has not disappeared
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Prey accessibility, not abundance, may shape predator behavior in penguinsFor nesting penguins in Antarctica, finding food is no longer just about how many fish or krill are in the ocean.
It is also about how difficult those animals are to catch.
Scientists who tracked more than 6,000 penguin dives beneath Antarctic sea ice found that prey can become much harder to reach even when their overall numbers have not fallen.
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Prey accessibility, not abundance, may shape predator behavior in penguinsFor nesting penguins in Antarctica, finding food is no longer just about how many fish or krill are in the ocean.
It is also about how difficult those animals are to catch.
Scientists who tracked more than 6,000 penguin dives beneath Antarctic sea ice found that prey can become much harder to reach even when their overall numbers have not fallen.