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[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 43 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Did they hurt the penguin to get that sample?

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 59 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 31 points 3 days ago

Death is the most stable condition.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Baseline obs haven't changed in a hundred years

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] AeroNaut@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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