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Your Morning Adorable: Penguins Stroll in Winter Wear at Japanese Aquarium
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Cher
- 14 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
When a group of African penguins went for a walk in their festive holiday wear at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, Japan, photographer Itsuo Inouye was there to capture it. We're thankful for that, because we think these fellows in
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I Thought the Invite Said Wear Penguin Suits? Winter Creche in the Antarctic
Offbeat  (tags: animals, penguins, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 18 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Compared with the rest of the crowd, he looks a little underdressed. The lone adult King Penguin - the one in black and white was spotted wandering into the middle of a gathering of fluffy chicks fattening up on the shoreline.
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Your Morning Adorable: One Giant Leap for a Penguin in Antarctica
Offbeat  (tags: penguins, gorgeous, antarctica, jumping, leaping )

Simone
- 37 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
"Who says penguins can't fly?" submitter kkcondon wonders -- and after seeing this great shot, we're beginning to wonder the same thing. We know penguins are unable to fly (despite what the BBC may have told us on a recent April Fool's Day), but this one
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British Cat Catches Local Train to Visit Penguins and Fish
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Jenny
- 63 days ago - pawnation.com
Percy, a six-year-old domesticated cat from the British city of Scarborough, hops the local North Bay Railway to a nearby marine sanctuary, where he spends the day watching the fish and penguins...
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March Of The Bald Penguin
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Bo
- 125 days ago - boknowsonline.com
Turns out the baldness phenomenon extends to the penguin class, too. That's right, those little guys who hang loose on the freezing terrain of Antarctica are born with feathers, which they inevitably lose. Oh sure, some try to hang on to their youth
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Frankfurt Zoo Penguin Takes a Dive
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Cher
- 140 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Photographer Boris Roessler shot (with a camera) the Frankfurt Zoo's penguins from an interesting angle this morning, with what we think are pretty spectacular results. Temperatures were in the mid-80s in Frankfurt today, so the cool water must have
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Droppings Put Penguins on the Map
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, scientists, satellites, penguins, technology )

Beatrice
- 203 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Scientists have located 38 emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica by using satellites to look for stains from the animals' droppings. It is impossible to track the penguins themselves using standard satellite imaging because they are too small.
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A Changing Antarctica Draws 'Doomsday' Tourists
Offbeat  (tags: Antarctice Circle, doomsday tourists, glacier, environment, wildlife, tourism, climate change, Antarctica, iceberg, penguins )

LL
- 625 days ago - npr.org
NPR LISTEN At one of the finest cocktail lounges in the Antarctic Circle, Carol Hughes is sipping a mystery drink from a wine glass. It's after dinner onboard a luxury cruise liner. And Hughes, an English clinical nurse, says whatever it is she's tasting
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