These three month old penguins in Antarctica huddled together in a blizzard, making an attempt to not freeze to death. These huddles usually consist of mainly young emperor penguins and a few adult penguins to keep the young ones together. While the group is huddled, one of the few adults go and fetch food for the rest of the group, jumping into the sharp, cold waters of the arctic. These shelters created by the penguins are geared towards sheltering the young and providing warmth, which is proven to be surprisingly effective. Scientists observing these furry creatures recorded internal temperatures of the adult emperor penguins to be around 37 degrees Celsius, in contrast to the -24 degrees Celsius outside. These 'colonies,' as scientists call them, huddle together for hours, if not days, before the next feeding cycle, and can be comprised of hundreds to thousands of birds of all ages. One German scientist, Gunther Riehle, made an astounding observation that as the storm picked up, the penguins in the middle actually proceeded to lie down to suffer from less wind exposure. The natural responses in these animals is truly mesmerizing and demonstrates that creatures on earth other than humans are capable of showing the natural born abilities to problem solve.
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