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Rare Black Penguin
nationalgeographic. ^
| 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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To: Brother Cracker
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03/05/2010 3:07:34 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Scientist actually said, “one in a zillion?” How unscientific. Might as well have said, “boatload.” Still pretty cool pic.
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03/05/2010 3:19:33 AM PST
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KingLudd
To: KingLudd
LOL!
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03/05/2010 3:28:00 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
You forgot Looter Guy ;D!
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03/05/2010 3:33:10 AM PST
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poobear
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03/05/2010 3:35:57 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: goseminoles
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03/05/2010 3:51:55 AM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
I saw lots of black penguins in Antarctica. I couldn’t get a good picture of them because they were always going away from me. ;-)
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03/05/2010 5:37:28 AM PST
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CPOSharky
("Obama the Timid. " Pass it on.)
To: JoeProBono
'Rare Black Penguin'
Okay. Someone's gotta say it.
So I will....
............ 
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03/05/2010 5:50:41 AM PST
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Condor51
(The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits [A. Einstein])
To: JoeProBono
Pigment Challenged Penguins? ...I haz em...
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03/05/2010 6:24:14 AM PST
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Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Quix
How precious. Thanks for the ping!
To: JoeProBono
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03/05/2010 8:52:19 AM PST
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FourPeas
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03/05/2010 8:55:48 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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