Banned penguin sex habit study revealed after 100 years | Natural History Museum
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A study on the sex
A study on the sex lives of penguins, suppressed 100 years ago for being too explicit, has finally been published after its rediscovery at the Museum. The Sexual Habits of the Adélie Penguins by Dr George Levick, includes his descriptions of 'hooligan' behaviour such as sexual coercion. 'There seems to be no crime too low for these penguins,' he wrote.
Levick was a surgeon and the medical officer on the famous 1910-1913 British Antarctic Expedition, Terra Nova, led by Captain Scott. He was so shocked by what he observed of the penguins that he wrote parts of his notes in Greek to disguise the information. His observations were thought to be too graphic for society at that time and so the 4-page pamphlet wasn't published with the other Terra Nova expedition reports.
The pamphlet lay hidden in the bird collections at the Natural History Museum at Tring and was only recently uncovered by Douglas Russell, who is bird curator at the Museum and is featured in our film.
Russell and his colleagues, including Prof William Sladen of John Hopkins Medical Institutions, USA, and penguin researcher David Ainley, have reinterpreted Levick's observations and published the study in the Cambridge University Press journal Polar Record.
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Levick was a surgeon and the medical officer on the famous 1910-1913 British Antarctic Expedition, Terra Nova, led by Captain Scott. He was so shocked by what he observed of the penguins that he wrote parts of his notes in Greek to disguise the information. His observations were thought to be too graphic for society at that time and so the 4-page pamphlet wasn't published with the other Terra Nova expedition reports.
The pamphlet lay hidden in the bird collections at the Natural History Museum at Tring and was only recently uncovered by Douglas Russell, who is bird curator at the Museum and is featured in our film.
Russell and his colleagues, including Prof William Sladen of John Hopkins Medical Institutions, USA, and penguin researcher David Ainley, have reinterpreted Levick's observations and published the study in the Cambridge University Press journal Polar Record.
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The Natural History Museum in London is home to over 80 million objects, including meteorites, dinosaur bones and a giant squid. Our channel brings the Museum to you - from what goes on behind the scenes to surprising science and stories from our scientists.
Subscribe to our channel for the latest films and live broadcasts about the natural world naturalhistorymuseum
Browse our shop: https://www.nhmshop.co.uk/
Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk
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