PHOTO OP: Penguin Family Photo
Via Tambako the Jaguar.
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Penguin Ditches Cold Weather, Moves to Boca Raton
Penguin Ditches Cold Weather, Moves to Boca Raton
Tired of achy bones and shoveling snow year after year, Marty the penguin finally packed it in and relocated from Antarctica to Boca Raton, FL.
“He’s been thinking about it for a while now,” says Joe Parnici, Jr., a neighbor and longtime friend. “And by thinking, I mean complaining. Glad to see he finally did it – not sure why anyone still lives around here in the first place. It’s miserable.”
Via Ben Fredericson.
Penguin Candidate Clings to Flightless Presidential Campaign
Penguin Candidate Clings to Flightless Presidential Campaign
Hugh Wilmore, life-long penguin and presidential candidate for the Avian Americans Party, is pressing forward in his bid for the White House, despite the resignation of three top advisers who insist he stands no chance in November.
“He’s a third-party candidate who flipper-flopped – if you will – on too many important issues,” says Ted Cortese, political analyst for antarctico.com. “Iceberg mining will create jobs? What is that?”
“He’s out there again today, waving to crowds and pecking babies,” a Wilmore campaign official tells The Fluffington Post under condition of anonymity. “It’s just embarrassing at this point. He wasn’t even invited to the debates.”
Photo republished with permission from the book Animal Encyclopedia. Copyright ©2012 National Geographic Society. Available wherever books are sold.
Penguin Inspirational Speaker Draws Sell-Out Crowds
Penguin Inspirational Speaker Draws Sell-Out Crowds
Magellan, an inspirational speaker and penguin from New South Wales in Australia, has been drawing sell-out crowds during his current American tour. At last night’s stop in Roanoke, VA, at least 2,000 birds showed up to hear him speak and tonight’s engagement in Baltimore, MD is standing room only.
“Mags is just charismatic,” said Newsday entertainment writer P.J. Giroux, who has been chronicling the bird’s rise to stardom for an upcoming tell-all biography. "He’s got something special. When he’s up there, he commands attention. All eyes are on Magellan.“
Via Jo Naylor.
Baby African Penguin Hatched at Toronto Zoo
Baby African Penguin Hatched at Toronto Zoo
The Toronto Zoo announced Friday that the penguin breeding program it began in November 2011 is officially a success, eh? The first chick was hatched on January 28, 2012 to parents Gozi and Puff.
The baby will be named Eldon or Ellie, pending determination of the gender.
Via The Toronto Zoo.