microrobert
06-11-2012, 02:02 PM
'Sexual depravity' of penguins that Antarctic scientist dared not reveal
Landmark polar research about the Adélie penguin's sex life by Captain Scott's expedition, deemed too shocking for the public 100 years ago, is unearthed at the Natural History Museum
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Dr George Murray Levick's observations of Adélie penguins were recorded in his notebook.
It was the sight of a young male Adélie penguin attempting to have sex with a dead female that particularly unnerved George Murray Levick, a scientist with the 1910-13 Scott Antarctic Expedition. No such observation had ever been recorded before, as far as he knew, and Levick, a typical Edwardian Englishman, was horrified. Blizzards and freezing cold were one thing. Penguin perversion was another.
'Sexual depravity' of penguins that Antarctic scientist dared not reveal | World news | The Observer (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/09/sex-depravity-penguins-scott-antarctic)
Landmark polar research about the Adélie penguin's sex life by Captain Scott's expedition, deemed too shocking for the public 100 years ago, is unearthed at the Natural History Museum
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/6/9/1339253655478/Dr-George-Murray-Levicks--008.jpg
Dr George Murray Levick's observations of Adélie penguins were recorded in his notebook.
It was the sight of a young male Adélie penguin attempting to have sex with a dead female that particularly unnerved George Murray Levick, a scientist with the 1910-13 Scott Antarctic Expedition. No such observation had ever been recorded before, as far as he knew, and Levick, a typical Edwardian Englishman, was horrified. Blizzards and freezing cold were one thing. Penguin perversion was another.
'Sexual depravity' of penguins that Antarctic scientist dared not reveal | World news | The Observer (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/09/sex-depravity-penguins-scott-antarctic)