Why Do These Penguins Kill Their First Egg

In what seems like an inefficient use of resources, these penguins always lay two eggs, but then ignore, discard, or just straightup destroy the first one. What gives, penguins Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow is on TikTok Check us out at Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet SciShow Tangents Podcast: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: , SciShow, science, education Sources: Images: