Ponderings of a Scientist

moderately useless musings on the World as I see it

I Like Penguins - Organism of the Weekish Period

Category: Organism of the Week            Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 10:41 am

THE JACKASS PENGUIN

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Nothing overly exotic about this week’s organism; penguins are familiar, so familiar, however, we sometimes forget how cool they are! The facts:

  • Penguins live in cold and warm climates - ONLY in the Southern Hemisphere - Sorry Pepsi your commercials with cute little penguins and polar bear friends are complete inaccurate - Polar Bears live ONLY in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • Artic Penguins are tough SOBs: If you’ve seen “March of the Penguins” you know what I mean.
  • Penguins are birds- not mammals. They have highly modified feather that make up their coat.


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Comment by weird old guy

August 23, 2006 @ 9:48 pm

Why are they called Jackass Penguins? Is it their voices?

I like otters the best of all the wild creatures. I know they are sterotypically cute, will take your hand off as soon as look at you, plus its no longer politically correct to like cute animals, but I have always really liked them since I saw them in person when I was about six.

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