Pauline and Parcus Penguin Arrested by Dallas Authorities for Committing Abortion
In 1998, a team of researchers made the three-and-a-half day trek to the isolated Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific to study one of its few residents: the enigmatic and endangered erect-crested penguin. The results of their research were published on Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE, chronicling the birds’ demographics and unique parenting style — including neglecting, and in some cases killing, potential chicks. … The smaller eggs often were not incubated by their parents, and most ended up rolling out of the nest or accidentally getting smashed. … Occasionally, the penguins seemed to deliberately shove the tiny eggs out …