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Male Adelie and gentoo penguins offer pebbles to females as part of courtship.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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1 source for · 1 against

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Is it true that male Adelie and gentoo penguins offer pebbles to females as part of courtship?

Partly. The only items bearing on the claim are a film plot that repeats the pebble-offering story for Adélie penguins and a Skeptics discussion that calls it a myth, saying pebbles are nest material carried by both mates. Neither item is a scientific study of gentoo courtship, so the claim is only partially addressed and contested.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 1 source for, 1 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 1
The Pebble and the Penguin
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The Pebble and the Penguin. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pebble_and_the_Penguin

Evidence against · 1
Do male penguins search for pebbles to present to female penguins?
2012
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Do male penguins search for pebbles to present to female penguins?. (2012). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/12450/do-male-penguins-search-for-pebbles-to-present-to-female-penguins

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