Project Gutenberg 2011-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 192 Levick, G. Murray (George Murray) 1876 1956 Levick, George Murray Antarctic Penguins: A Study of Their Social Habits Reading ease score: 69.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biodiversity Heritage Library.) "Antarctic Penguins: A Study of Their Social Habits" by G. Murray Levick is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book closely examines the social behaviors and nesting habits of Adélie penguins in the Antarctic, focusing particularly on their arrival at breeding colonies and interactions with each other. Through detailed observations, Levick aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of these unique creatures and their adaptation to one of Earth's harshest environments. At the start of the study, the author describes the arrival of Adélie penguins at the Cape Adare rookery, marking the beginning of their breeding season. He notes the initial calmness of the birds as they settle into the area, often separated into pairs, groups, or remaining solitary while establishing their nests. Levick documents their behaviors, such as the pecking rivalries among hens, and the frantic stone-collecting efforts by the males for nest-building. His keen observations capture the different personalities of the penguins, from the vigilant and spirited individuals to those that are more submissive, establishing a foundation for the social dynamics he will explore throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36922/36922-h/images/cover.jpg en Penguins QL Text Animal Animals-Wild-Birds Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - General 259751 259897 2024-11-15T14:58:31.570024 2023-09-16T07:17:53.130198 text/html text/html 248965 2011-08-01T12:27:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 6118484 2011-08-01T12:27:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 6235072 2024-11-15T14:58:39.026991 application/epub+zip 6237592 2024-11-15T14:58:33.455072 application/epub+zip 158745 2024-11-15T14:58:32.322028 application/epub+zip 6289879 2024-11-15T14:58:42.625974 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6260808 2024-11-15T14:58:37.611994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221619 2022-09-17T04:10:25.570754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199217 199021 2024-11-15T14:58:30.565029 2023-09-16T07:17:52.258206 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 198773 2011-08-01T12:27:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 72386 2011-08-01T12:27:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 198874 2011-08-01T12:27:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 72311 2011-08-01T12:27:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21817 2024-11-15T14:58:42.778975 application/rdf+xml 20894 2024-11-15T14:58:32.428026 image/jpeg 3228 2024-11-15T14:58:32.379053 image/jpeg 6125123 2024-11-15T14:58:31.784042 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog