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To: Billie; JustAmy; yorkie; OESY; MEG33; jaycee; Mama_Bear; The Mayor; ST.LOUIE1; ConorMacNessa; ...


Origin of Penguin Days:

Penguin Awareness Day, and World Penguin Day are great opportunities to learn about and appreciate one of the few natives of Antarctica.

These days are also a time to wear black and white---penguin colors. However, wearing a tuxedo in their honor is optional. It is also popular today to tell a penguin joke or two.  

World Penguin Day coincides with the annual northward migration of penguins. This happens each year on or around April 25th. Penguins do not fly. Rather, they walk, or waddle their way to and from.

Penguin Awareness Day: Always January 20
World Penguin Day: Always April 25th

Did you know? Penguins are found in Antarctica, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Elsewhere, they are only found in zoos.



2,163 posted on 01/20/2009 10:48:06 AM PST by Lady Jag (NOW MORE THAN EVER https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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Have a great Tuesday, Lady.


2,164 posted on 01/20/2009 11:21:38 AM PST by JustAmy (I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
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To: Lady Jag
"Penguins do not fly. Rather, they walk, or waddle their way to and from"

Ahem. Your source may be wrong, LJ.
Here is a picture (an actual photograph)
Of an air-borne pigeon. (Wink, wink)


2,165 posted on 01/20/2009 11:25:12 AM PST by yorkie (The early bird gets the worm; the second mouse gets the cheese)
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