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Posted by woodswell on July 10, 2009, 12:27 pm
Reviving an old and VOT thread, but it reminded me of this BBC film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4
Gillian Murray;828078 Wrote:
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> Did you ever wonder why there are no dead
penguins on the ice in
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> Antarctica - where do they go?
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> Wonder no more.
> It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which
> lives an extremely ordered and complex life.
> The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as
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> well as maintaining a form of compassionate contact with its offspring
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> throughout its life.
> If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the
> family and social circle have been known to dig holes in the ice, using
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> their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the
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> dead bird to be rolled into and buried.
> The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and
> sing: 'Freeze A Jolly Good Fellow.'
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woodswell
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> penguin fan and he got a great laugh out of that earlier today.
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> Thanks for the smile.
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> Anita
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