WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"To survive frigid temperatures, emperor penguins all converge on a central point and form a huddle. As those on the outside take the brunt of the cold, those on the inside move the huddle."
❄️🏔️🐧🌡️ #EmperorPenguins #Huddling #Wildlife #WinterCritters #NatureOnPBS #SnowAnimals
Dynamics of huddling: it's a natural social behaviour, intrinsically rewarding and shared between both related siblings and unrelated members of the same species. It has calming effects that depend on kinship and touch during the earliest stages of development. 🧠🐀🐀🐀
#huddling #touch #development
#Birds have several #adaptations to help them regulate their temperature in the #winter ❄️
#Fluffing up
trap warm air around their bodies by fluffing up their #feathers
#Shivering
birds have high metabolic rates burn more energy to stay warm
#Huddling
together and conserve energy
#ParrotBills 🪶
