U.S. scientists have studied these colonies since the early 1960s, lately using innovative techniques such as tiny satellite transmitters, glued to the birds' feathers, to track their movements and wide-ranging feeding habits and depth recorders that have revealed emperors to be the deepest divers of any known bird.
Emperors feed on fish, squid, and krill.
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