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Close up of an Adelie penguin being held by Lindquist.

Close up of an Adelie penguin being held by Lindquist.
Close up of an Adelie penguin being held by Lindquist.
Close up of an Adelie penguin being held by Lindquist.
Close up of an Adelie penguin being held by Lindquist.
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Linder, Christopher L.
Close up of an Adelie penguin being held by Lindquist.
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12/19/2007
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Lindquist demonstrates the approved method of holding a penguin, its head tucked under her arm. It's called the rugby hold because from the front the penguin's torpedo-shaped behind looks like a rugby ball (or football) tucked under the researcher's arm. (Except for the big pink feet, that is.) Here, the penguin is peeking out from just behind Lindquist's elbow. When she closes her arm toward her body, Lindquist's red jacket will cover the penguin's eyes. The darkness calms down the penguin during the 10 minutes or so the researchers work with it. Stay tuned over the next week, and we'll tell you more about how the researchers work.
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There is an approved method of holding a penguin, with its head tucked under an arm. It's called the rugby hold, so named because, from the front, the penguin's torpedo-shaped behind looks like a rugby ball. This penguin was part of research on Ross Island in Antarctica, a 55-year-long study of Adelie penguins. Researchers are learning what the penguins can tell people about our changing world, which includes increasing temperatures and fiercer snowstorms.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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