Penguin Awareness Day!

[Sir_Winston54]

I'm a day late (and more than a dollar short!), but I don't want to wait until 2011 to post this...

Penguin Awareness Day: Always January 20

About Penguin Awareness Day:
Penguin Awareness Day is a great opportunity to learn about and appreciate one of the few natives of Antarctica. Spend a little time learning about them.... a pictorial book or internet site is fun. You can also watch a documentary of these cute and popular, grounded birds.

Penguin Awareness Day is also a time to wear black and white - penguin colors. However, wearing a tuxedo in their honor is optional. It is also popular today to tell a penguin joke or two.

More info on PAD and World Penguin Day is available at Holiday Insights.

Happy Penguin Awareness Day, Chuck and all penguin lovers!

 

[midwestyankee]

Chuck seems to have had a fine time celebrating Penguin Awareness Day.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g68/mwy_photos/chuck-on-the-sauce.gif

 

[chy_girl]

I shall have to toss an extra treat to the penguins in my purse. They would probably enjoy it after the blueberry muffin and mixed nuts with pineapple.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Quite the PSA.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

I wonder if Glass Penguin will be throwing a party...

 

[AbiNormyl]

I don't have any peguins down here so I will work with what I have and have chicken day!!

 

[Aquila1]

Ohhh - I love penguins. We have several species here (in NZ) that are unique to this part of the world (mainly southern NZ and the sub-antarctic islands). It is quite common to see them on some of the southern beaches, and there are several well established colonies in those areas as well.

My personal favourite is this rather dashing fellow - the Erect Crested Penguin. I think the yellow feathers lend a certain something to his attitude.

http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/flickr-490240942-image.jpg

 

[YourCaptor]

To be honest, penguins sort of suck.

They're birds, that can't fly, and instead march, in the coldest damn place on earth.

WTF





... I wonder what they taste like.

 

[Aquila1]

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[Sir_Winston54]

Does this make you like them better, YC?

Fascinating Fact: Some female penguins engage in prostitution

Believe it or not, in the wild, certain female penguins (even when in a committed relationship) will exchange sexual favors with strange males for the pebbles they need to build their nests. According to Dr Fiona Hunter (a zoologist): “It tends to be females targeting single males, otherwise the partner female would beat the intruder up.” On some occasions the prostitute penguins trick the males. They carry out the elaborate courtship ritual, which usually leads to mating. Having bagged their stone, they would then run off.​

Source

 

[Homburg]

Penguins suck because they're flightless and live in a cold place? Do what? They lack the primary defensive mechanism common to birds, flight, and can't run well, the other common defensive mechanism. Yet they survive and prosper in the inhospitable environment on the planet while in the same range as two of the most awesome predators on the planet, the polar bear and the killer whale. Yet they suck? I'm confused.

Sure, they're dorky, but they're also pretty bad-ass just to live under those conditions.

 

[eastern sun]

They may not be able to fly, but they are beautiful when they swim! It's like fighter jets in water. And they porpoise like dolphins, shooting over the water, and leaping onto the rocks. Penguins are cool.

 

[YourCaptor]

Does this make you like them better, YC?

Fascinating Fact: Some female penguins engage in prostitution

Believe it or not, in the wild, certain female penguins (even when in a committed relationship) will exchange sexual favors with strange males for the pebbles they need to build their nests. According to Dr Fiona Hunter (a zoologist): “It tends to be females targeting single males, otherwise the partner female would beat the intruder up.” On some occasions the prostitute penguins trick the males. They carry out the elaborate courtship ritual, which usually leads to mating. Having bagged their stone, they would then run off.​

Source

That sounds more like a golddigger penguin. Scientists, always thinking of one thing.

I still think penguins are lame. Avoiding orcas and seals, not impressive since they don't get up on the ice much anyway. If I remember my Attenborough correctly, a penguins biggest issue is a bird that did not give up flying... irony.

Swimming they are kind of fun, they should stick to that, instead of marching around, instead cowardly pushing others into the water to see if its safe.

I saw one cool penguin once, he just suddenly ran off from the rest towards the center of the pole, possessed, never stopping. Certain death, but you got to love the glitchy little guy.

 

[ZRT]

"Survival of the fittest is a matter of perspective. The lion may be the king of the jungle, but in Antarctica he's the penguin's bitch."

 

[WriterDom]

Penguins suck because they're flightless and live in a cold place? Do what? They lack the primary defensive mechanism common to birds, flight, and can't run well, the other common defensive mechanism. Yet they survive and prosper in the inhospitable environment on the planet while in the same range as two of the most awesome predators on the planet, the polar bear and the killer whale. Yet they suck? I'm confused.

Sure, they're dorky, but they're also pretty bad-ass just to live under those conditions.

polar bear? Oh those pesky Antarctica polar bears you mean.

 

[Velvet Bubbles]

It's the seal actually, isn't it?

 

[chy_girl]

I love penguins!

They're a very cool animal and can be very amusing to watch.

And the Youtube doesn't have any actual penguin coolness, really... It's just funny.

 

[Homburg]

polar bear? Oh those pesky Antarctica polar bears you mean.

D'oh, brain fart!

 

[MasterPhoenix]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5x5zECKHBw

 

[YourCaptor]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5x5zECKHBw

This is gold. But then anything samuel L jackson lends his voice too is.