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Shifting Icebergs May Have Forced Penguin Evolution
Yahoo!News ^ | November 9, 2005 | Ker Than

Posted on 11/09/2005 11:10:30 AM PST by mlc9852

The breakup of giant icebergs may have forced minor evolutionary changes in penguins over the past 6,000 years, a new study suggests.

The Antarctic iceberg chunks, which break off the continent now and then, are thought to have blocked the swim paths of Adelie penguins returning home to their colonies. Some of the penguins were forced to become immigrants in other colonies, where they established new homes and interbred with the locals.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: crevolist; penguinhumor
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; xsmommy

Ping to cute picture.


21 posted on 11/09/2005 12:56:19 PM PST by Argh
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To: Argh

oh i love the purse that one is carrying! LOL!


22 posted on 11/09/2005 12:57:51 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: mlc9852

One of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, Watson or Crick, thought that there has not been time in the presently estimated lifetime of the universe for the variety of lifeforms on earth to have evolved. 13 billion years is not enough. There might be a problem with the Big Bang model, maybe a too literal interpretation of what might actually be only an appearance--a virtual beginning. The universe might be infinitely old in spite of appearances.


23 posted on 11/09/2005 12:58:54 PM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: RightWhale

I just posted the article so I could see all the penguin pictures everyone would put on here - LOL.


24 posted on 11/09/2005 1:02:55 PM PST by mlc9852
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To: mlc9852

Penguins are amusing, and fill a sizeable niche in contemporary mythology.


25 posted on 11/09/2005 1:07:50 PM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: xsmommy

It doesn't appear to be a JRT purse. :^)


26 posted on 11/09/2005 1:07:50 PM PST by Argh
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To: RightWhale

And look at the success of the recent penguin movie. They are just so cute!


27 posted on 11/09/2005 1:10:13 PM PST by mlc9852
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To: highball

Please - no arguments! Can't we just enjoy the penguins together in peace????


28 posted on 11/09/2005 1:11:04 PM PST by mlc9852
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To: mlc9852

I didn't start it.

But I'm happy to let it go.


29 posted on 11/09/2005 1:21:00 PM PST by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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