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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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Penguins + Goes Mobile

There's now a new way to enjoy Penguins +. Meet Widsets, the mobile widget library that plays host to Penguins + Mobile.


The Widsets mobile client with P+ Mobile loaded

You can get Widsets on your phone by visiting http://get.widsets.com from your mobile browser. Once you've got it, search for Penguins to find the Penguins + Mobile widget.

This widget allows you to keep an eye on the latest posts from P+ and to bookmark those you find interesting for later viewing as well as giving you the ability to e-mail the url of an interesting post to a friend. No serious Penguineer should be without it.

You can also sign up for Widsets from the comfort of your PC at http://www.widsets.com where they'll allow you to create an account, manage your widgets and download a custom version to your phone.

Penguin Christmas Cards

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I know its early, but, I had to tell you all of the cute little Penguin Christmas cards that I am ordering to send out to my Opera Friends. I have posted the picture & information on my blog, but will also post the picture here as well.

Check out my blog for information on how you can get your Penguin Christmas Card.

Enjoy:

100 Members!

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Let's all give a big P+ welcome to our hundredth member, Kedar, a web designer from India. It's great to see this group having such a worldwide appeal. Welcome to Penguins +. Kedar only joined this month so everyone pop over to his blog and say hi.

Celebration time. party