Hidden Penguins

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

How cool is this?

news.northeastern.edu/2018/03/supercolony-of-penguins-discovered-using-northeastern-researchers-drone-system/

Using an autonomous aerial drone system developed by Northeastern researcher Hanumant Singh, researchers have discovered a colony of more than 1,500,000 Adélie Penguins on the remote Danger Islands—more than the rest of the entire Antarctic Peninsula region combined.

It makes me wonder what else might be out there still hidden from humans in places where we have not yet managed to reach.

[saveinla]

Mar 2, 2018 12:58:09 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

How cool is this?

news.northeastern.edu/2018/03/supercolony-of-penguins-discovered-using-northeastern-researchers-drone-system/

Using an autonomous aerial drone system developed by Northeastern researcher Hanumant Singh, researchers have discovered a colony of more than 1,500,000 Adélie Penguins on the remote Danger Islands—more than the rest of the entire Antarctic Peninsula region combined.

It makes me wonder what else might be out there still hidden from humans in places where we have not yet managed to reach.

I saw this on the BBC news today and was wondering the same too. 

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

I've read about they think the Tasmanian tiger may not actually be extinct.   So much of Tasmania is uncharted scientists think it's possible a population remained hidden from humans.

[chiver78]

my alma mater has produced some pretty cool folks

[happyhoix]

We've only just barely explored the oceans, no telling what might be lurking down in the deep abysses. They think they've only discovered about half the species of animals that live there.

Not that I want to go there. I was listening to an audiobook about the largest squid species they've found, with the largest eyes on the planet (12 inches) and 30 - 40 feet long, with tentacles. Tentacles with suckers rimmed with hooks.  

Surprising though that something right out in the open, visible to satellites, not deep underwater or deep in a forest got completely overlooked. Maybe people haven't ruined everything yet.