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Penguins + is a great place for conversation, contemplation and debating on a variety of topics as unique and diverse as its members. As an added bonus, it's also a great resource for penguin-related awesomeness. ^v^

Blog highlights:
Species of Penguins
Survival of the Penguins
Exposing Penguin Stereotyping by the Media
Penguins on the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console
Lala the Shopping Penguin From Japan

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Who is more valuable into ecosystem - or all in the same boat?

Via bclark142 / YouTube and via xenogere.com - a life in progress in The observer effect.

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Coming Soon: Theatrical Version of the Beloved Children's Book, Mr. Popper's Penguins

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In Theaters on June 17th

I loved the book, Mr. Popper's Penguins when I was younger, so I am really looking forward to this movie's release... Even if it turns out to be ridiculous. Actually, ridiculous would probably be a good thing for this movie. ^v^

Scientist are grappling with penguin feather loss disorder

According to this artical Penguin chicks are suffering from feather loss.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110408140924.htm

Making the Penguins Fly - April Fools Day 2011

[You can see the video for this post here. Also, you can see the original flying penguin footage here.]

Article credits by Opera Member UK Wildlife Blog

Movie credits "The Telegraph" -

Weird News Video The making of 'Flying Penguins' An exclusive insight into how the BBC pulled off the April fools presentation.

April Fools' Day on Wikipedia

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Research band harmed Penguines - from Discovery News

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Penguins Harmed by Research Bands
The bands that are used to tell birds apart affect the birds' reproduction and survival, research shows.
Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:04 AM ET
Content provided by Susan Milius, Science News

THE GIST * Metal identification bands used in penguin research can cause long-term harm to the birds. * The damage can also cause skewed research results.[/QUOTE] © Discovery.com confused

Post Update from Feb. 24, 2011 Via Spektrumdirekt,2011-01-12, Article: ÖKOLOGIE - "Pinguine leiden langfristig unter Flügelmarkierung" (Penguins suffer permanently from wing mark - Article is in German Language.

Abstract from Nature. The article in German language can be translated with Opera Extension Tool: "HyperTranslate" by bebamail1

A similar problem is probably with snow leopards, which I will tell but not here - because of the penguins.(via Phönix TV from Feb 24th, 2011, 21:00)
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