It seems that anything can be used for good in nature, even a stinky penguin poo.

The creatures apparently utilise their number twos to melt snow that covers their breeding grounds on Cuverville Island, near Antarctica.

Experts at Oxford University suggested the dark guano (faeces) worked by absorbing more heat, with the effects being shown in a time-lapse video.


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Penguins apparently use poo to clear space to have sex (Picture: BBC)

In the clip the snow melts over a period of time after the Antarctic Gentoo penguins have seemingly spread their faeces over it.

‘The snow might also be melting because of mechanical erosion — because the penguins are walking around,’ Dr Tom Hart, from Oxford University, told The Verge.



The penguinologist analysed the footage along with the public as part of a university project called Penguin Watch.

The video was filmed by Oxford University experts.

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