http://noahstrycker.com/blog/2008/12/17/penguin-mummies/ Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:32:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://noahstrycker.com/blog/2008/12/17/penguin-mummies/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Via Negativa Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:21:52 +0000 http://noahstrycker.com/blog/?p=375#comment-128 [...] Antactica Among the Penguins Each season, many penguins die at Cape Crozier (mostly chicks) - it’s just a fact of life. On bare rocks, and in cold conditions, without insects, the carcasses don’t rot much. So, everywhere you go, you’re stepping over bodies from summers past in various stages of disarray. Skuas scavenge some of the frozen meat. Many of the carcasses eventually blow away or get covered in snow. Penguins use dismembered heads and bone fragments as “rocks” to line their nests. —- This entry was posted Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 at 11:21 pm and is filed under Smorgasblog. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "", url: "http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/12/17/3454/" });via e-mail or social bookmarking.  Print Welcome [...] [...] Antactica Among the Penguins Each season, many penguins die at Cape Crozier (mostly chicks) – it’s just a fact of life. On bare rocks, and in cold conditions, without insects, the carcasses don’t rot much. So, everywhere you go, you’re stepping over bodies from summers past in various stages of disarray. Skuas scavenge some of the frozen meat. Many of the carcasses eventually blow away or get covered in snow. Penguins use dismembered heads and bone fragments as “rocks” to line their nests. —- This entry was posted Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 at 11:21 pm and is filed under Smorgasblog. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “”, url: “http://www.vianegativa.us/2008/12/17/3454/” });via e-mail or social bookmarking.  Print Welcome [...]

]]> http://noahstrycker.com/blog/2008/12/17/penguin-mummies/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Lisa Sheffield Guy Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:22:11 +0000 http://noahstrycker.com/blog/?p=375#comment-126 One of my favorite things to do out there was to check the mummies and fresher carcasses for flipper bands. I found a lot! Then you can take them back to the hut, punch the number in to FoxPro, and find out when they were banded. Great blog! It really makes me miss it down there. Lisa (06/07) One of my favorite things to do out there was to check the mummies and fresher carcasses for flipper bands. I found a lot! Then you can take them back to the hut, punch the number in to FoxPro, and find out when they were banded. Great blog! It really makes me miss it down there. Lisa (06/07)

]]> http://noahstrycker.com/blog/2008/12/17/penguin-mummies/comment-page-1/#comment-124 ZHL Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:20:23 +0000 http://noahstrycker.com/blog/?p=375#comment-124 Thank you for 'telling it like it is' and giving your avid followers a clear picture of the realities - from the mummies to your living conditions. You not only remove the rose-colored romanticism, you are a reminder of why we all owe such a debt of gratitude to the field workers who gather knowledge for us. Thank you for ‘telling it like it is’ and giving your avid followers a clear picture of the realities – from the mummies to your living conditions. You not only remove the rose-colored romanticism, you are a reminder of why we all owe such a debt of gratitude to the field workers who gather knowledge for us.

]]> http://noahstrycker.com/blog/2008/12/17/penguin-mummies/comment-page-1/#comment-122 vickie Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:44:35 +0000 http://noahstrycker.com/blog/?p=375#comment-122 A bit of little heard lnformation. What a remarkable environment. A bit of little heard lnformation. What a remarkable environment.

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