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[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 42 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Did they hurt the penguin to get that sample?

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 62 points 5 months ago (2 children)

His condition is stable

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[–] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 35 points 5 months ago

Death is the most stable condition.

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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Baseline obs haven't changed in a hundred years

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 5 months ago (1 child)

This is a very old sample of penguin skin in a museum. But to answer your question, yes, they killed the bird.

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[–] AeroNaut@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago*

Not before torturing him first. How else would he give up his insulating secrets.

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