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Band of bothers

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Researchers' flipper bands can seriously dent penguin survival, and also skew the results of research.

Attaching bands to penguins' flippers makes them easier for scientists to study, but may also up the birds' death rates and lower their chances of reproducing.

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Cressey, D. Band of bothers. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.15

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