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Sand sculptures used by sea park to combat the loneliness of its penguins
Daily Mail ^ | Aug. 9, 2011

Posted on 09/01/2011 7:43:21 PM PDT by nuconvert

Penguins may not be used to sand - after all, the icy conditions of the Antarctic are very far from sunny beaches.

But this group is feeling right at home now that they have been given company in the form of sand-sculptures of their fellow penguins.

The sculptures were created by an artist in order to console the birds after the departure of another group to whom they had become attached.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animals; penguins

1 posted on 09/01/2011 7:43:23 PM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Aren’t the hippies always telling us how smart these animals are?


2 posted on 09/01/2011 7:46:46 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If the Tea Party was a bunch of Islamofascist "rebels", would the state run "media" like us too?)
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To: nuconvert

Oh, sure, freak the poor things out wondering what their friends did to be turned to stone!!!


3 posted on 09/01/2011 7:46:58 PM PDT by bgill (just getting tagline ready for 6 months after you vote in Perry - Tried to warn you he's a RINO.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer; bgill; nuconvert

4 posted on 09/01/2011 7:52:04 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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To: nuconvert

Hey ladies, I’m Tom. What’s your name? Sandieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


5 posted on 09/01/2011 7:56:29 PM PDT by TwoSwords (Has anyone seen my suspension of disbelief pills?)
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To: TwoSwords

lol


6 posted on 09/01/2011 8:12:59 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

That is sooo sad. The poor penguins fell in love with the visitors and were already beginning to think of names for their children. Of course they’re going to be depressed. The love of their life has been cruelly taken away.


7 posted on 09/01/2011 8:17:08 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: bgill

I believe the newly revised penguin bible mentions looking back and being turned to pillars of sand...


8 posted on 09/01/2011 8:22:49 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: freedumb2003

LOL...good one!


9 posted on 09/01/2011 8:23:40 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: nuconvert; All

A video clip of “Fairy” Penguins on Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia:

http://www.360degreefilms.com.au/penguinisland

There is another Island called ‘Penguin Island’ in South Western Australia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV-nsSf2XP4


10 posted on 09/01/2011 8:25:29 PM PDT by odds
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To: nuconvert

The sand penquins disintegrate in a few weeks or so, natural erosion...my God! Can you imagine what the live penquins will think seeing their friends decomposing? Has anyone done a complete psychological analysis by an animal behaviorist of what the trauma might be?

I see PETA getting involved her pretty soon...


11 posted on 09/01/2011 8:46:23 PM PDT by baa39
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To: nuconvert

All the lonely penguins, where do they all come from?
(Ah, look at all the lonely penguins)
All the lonely penguins, where do they all belong?


12 posted on 09/01/2011 9:23:39 PM PDT by tumblindice (It's the Donner-Reed show!)
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To: odds; Alamo-Girl

Penguin video ping

Post 10

and

http://www.360degreefilms.com.au/penguinisland

plus another at post #10


13 posted on 09/01/2011 11:15:40 PM PDT by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: nuconvert; Joya

See post #10 for video links

Joya ping.


14 posted on 09/01/2011 11:15:45 PM PDT by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: nuconvert
Penguins may not be used to sand - after all, the icy conditions of the Antarctic are very far from sunny beaches.

South Africa

Australia

New Zealand

South America

15 posted on 09/02/2011 8:38:45 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (New gets old. Steampunk is always cool)
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To: freedumb2003

hehe


16 posted on 09/02/2011 8:40:05 AM PDT by fabian (" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo with laughter")
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To: Quix

How precious! Thank you dear brother in Christ!


17 posted on 09/03/2011 7:41:18 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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