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Rare Black Penguin
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| March 3, 2010
| Janelle Nanoson
Posted on 03/05/2010 1:45:56 AM PST by JoeProBono
When Andrew Evans sent us this photo of a rare melanistic penguin that he spotted during his travels, I became intrigued. So I decided to call up Dr. Allan Baker, an ornithologist and professor of Environmental and Evolutionary Studies at the University of Toronto and head of the Department of Natural History at the Royal Ontario Museum, to learn more about melanism in birds. I got him on the line before he had the chance to look at the photos, and suffice it to say he was slightly flabbergasted at what he saw: "Wow. That looks so bizarre I can't even believe it. Wow," was his first response. Then he made me swear on a stack of National Geographic magazines that the image was real.
"Well that is astonishing," he said. "I've never ever seen that before. It's a one in a zillion kind of mutation somewhere.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: jpb; penguin
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Rare Black Penguin
Although, I do prefer medium well.... its whats for dinner!
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That penguin is gorgeous! Neat picture!
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That's not a penguin, that's Rev. Al in a tuxedo.
Sorry if I offended anyone, but it was meant in a humorous way.
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