Pudgy Penguins!
I have this thing for penguins, and in case you were wondering, it's not because I saw March of the Penguins. I really wanted to see it at first, until I realized that I was crying uncontrollably whenever I saw the trailer. I even cried when I looked at the companion book at Barnes and Noble!
If I see penguins marching in the cold, or huddling together, or little baby penguins, I get all misty eyed. And I heard about the penguinsicle, and I know that image would haunt me forever. So no, I can't see that movie.
However, this article about the fat penguins on a diet made my day. Thank you for the link, La Wade!
"In order to withstand the cold, the penguins have a habit of standing very still during winter months."
Sniff!
If I see penguins marching in the cold, or huddling together, or little baby penguins, I get all misty eyed. And I heard about the penguinsicle, and I know that image would haunt me forever. So no, I can't see that movie.
However, this article about the fat penguins on a diet made my day. Thank you for the link, La Wade!
"In order to withstand the cold, the penguins have a habit of standing very still during winter months."
Sniff!
posted by mo pie at 12:14 PM
4 Comments:
I was just reading this comment and clicked on the "Love Penguins?" advertisement that came up promising "2,500 Penguin Products" because I DO LOVE PENGUINS, and this product makes no sense.
First of all, that whole "got ___?" is so over. (And I'm not just saying that because that's the ad agency that fired me IN A SHADY FASHION.)
And second of all, that's a bear, not a penguin. It would make sense if it were actually a penguin, right? Right?! WHO'S WITH ME?
Polar bears and penguins don't even live at the same poles! The only time polar bears eat cute penguins is when you're playing Zoo Tycoon and you set up a polar bear exhibit next to the penguin exhibit and name all your penguins things like Snack and Dinner and Sno Cone, and then drop them into the polar bear cage one at a time.
Not that I've ever done that.
I live just along the road from the UK's largest collection of penguins (Edinburgh Zoo) and they've been going for walks for years. It's called the Penguin Parade. (Apparently no penguins are forced to parade, and they can stay in the enclosure if they wish.) They seem to like it and it's certainly very cute.
Penguins don't really object to food restriction, do they? After all, they famously go without food for weeks on end while incubating eggs. You can't judge their physiology by human standards!
I have a photograph of baby penguins cuddling for warmth. There are hundreds of them and they're standing close together and sort of draping their fluffy little wings over each other. It is THE snuggliest picture. Accuse me of shameless anthropomorphizing if you will...
I can't see animal movies of any kind. They make me too sad. And I LOVE penguins, but I just couldn't do it. And I didn't even know about the penguinsicle. Sigh.
Even those "Benji" movies when I was a kid...it just tore me up when that damn dog had no home.
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