Lobster mollusk knocked out penguins 13 times longer

The more used lobster mollusks defeat the gentoo penguin, the enemy 13 times longer than it, to defend themselves off the Falkland Islands.

The tiny lobster mollusk experts responded almost 13 times as big as the pair to prevent an attacker in the Atlantic Ocean's southern Atlantic Ocean. This defense strategy seems to be effective in many cases, causing the penguin to hit it unexpectedly to be wary of crustaceans, according to New Sciencetist.

Jonathan Handley, researcher at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, puts the camera and recorder in the water on his penguin. He observed 38 gentoo penguins when they went to prey in the early morning to study their hunting behavior.

Attack lobster mollusks cause the penguins to hit suddenly to be forced to watch out for crustaceans.

Only 7cm long, lobster mollusk does not seem to be the opponent of 90cm tall gentoo penguin. Not only self-defense, individual lobster flocks also swim close together to prevent penguins from catching any individual in the herd.

"We hope to discover what happens in this bird's underwater life. This is a unique finding that we really didn't expect , " Handley said. The results of the study were published on August 22 in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

Lobster mollusks are plentiful in shallow waters around the Falkland Islands and consist of two species.The munida species of Georgia is described in the late 19th century while M. Msubrugosa was recorded in the middle of the 19th century. They are not true lobsters but have them closer to them.

Mollusc lobster larvae eat algae and plankton. Adult mollusks diets include a large amount of sediment and organic matter, along with algae, plankton, worms and crustaceans.