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How this supercolony of 1.5 million penguins stayed hidden for nearly 3,000 years
LiveScience, via FoxNews.com/Science ^
| Dec 13, 2018
| Yasemin Saplakoglu Staff Writer | LiveScience
Posted on 12/13/2018 8:10:23 AM PST by ETL
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To: ETL
That’s because the role of the penguin in the northern hemisphere was filled by the Great Auk, which were hunted to extinction...
To: Moltke
People were looking for penguins there 2800 years ago? Antarctica wasn't even officially discovered until 1820.
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:42:10 AM PST
by
CtBigPat
(Qanon - Please be real...)
To: ETL; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ...
It turns out that these elusive seabirds had lived on the islands undetected for at least 2,800 years... Danger Islands
Since Antarctica wasn't discovered until 1820, the 2,800 year figure is nonsense; also, since penguins only came to the attention of those colonialist Europeans during the 16th century, the 2,800 year figure is also nonsense.
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:54:46 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: ETL
They finally discovered the location of the true World Masters! From their secret Enclave we have planned and guided history since time immemorial. Super intellectual Immortal beings are so vastly Superior for the rest of us that they hid themselves away to avoid upsetting the delicate balance human societal evolution. A new era begins
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posted on
12/13/2018 10:18:29 AM PST
by
epluribus_2
(he had the best mom - rever.)
To: epluribus_2; All
Researchers can spot penguin colonies thanks to the large poop stains they leave on the ice.
Credit: Digital Globe, Inc
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posted on
12/13/2018 10:24:57 AM PST
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ETL
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To: ETL
Now the island will be inundated with environmental wackos, and scientist and the rest of the earth worshipers to show how much they care for these poor critters.
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posted on
12/13/2018 11:40:22 AM PST
by
dirtymac
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country! Now)
To: ETL
The Danger Islands are not easy to get to, as they are "so-called because they're almost always covered by a thick layer of sea ice all around that precludes regular censuses in this area," Lynch said. What do penguins need? A place inaccessible to predators, near good supplies of seafood. The islands seem to be suitable.
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posted on
12/13/2018 11:47:49 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
To: Verginius Rufus
Yeah, from Troy, Michigan, to Ithaca, NY, was a bit of a big ask for Homer Simpson to write about back then. No wonder he got confused. And his descriptive faculties were never that good to begin with.
So that all makes sense. Don’t recall the Odysseus character in the show, though...
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posted on
12/13/2018 11:55:54 AM PST
by
Moltke
(Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
To: Moltke
Have never watched much of the Simpsons so can't say if Odysseus ever made an appearance.
And his Roman counterpart, Yule Lysses, didn't make it into the Peanuts Christmas special.
To: equaviator; dfwgator
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12/13/2018 1:05:09 PM PST
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ETL
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12/13/2018 1:14:16 PM PST
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ETL
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posted on
12/13/2018 1:14:59 PM PST
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ETL
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To: ETL
“We thought that we knew where all the [Adélie] penguin colonies were,”
I often wondered if whales don’t have unknown haunts that we know nothing about.
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posted on
12/13/2018 1:54:48 PM PST
by
TalBlack
(It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
To: ETL
It’s pronounced “Peng-oo-win”
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posted on
12/13/2018 4:10:30 PM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: ETL
To: ETL; SunkenCiv
That looks almost as $hitty as San Francisco.
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posted on
12/13/2018 8:44:09 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: fieldmarshaldj
Sure, but the penguins aren't good housekeepers, plus they've had 3000 years to work on it.
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posted on
12/14/2018 12:35:59 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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