Monthly Archives: January 2008

Penguiny USB Flash Drive

Wow. Now there’s a cute little penguin shaped USB flash drive. It has a flip-top head to expose the USB connector. If this little guy wasn’t ridiculously priced at $63, I’d want to jump all over it and order one. … Continue reading

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Penguin Awareness Day

Staying in line with my post last year, I’d like to say, “Happy Penguin Awareness Day!” It’s that time of year again to learn about things of the spheniscidae (pronounced sven-is-ki-di) nature. Wear penguin-y colors. Maybe black pants with a … Continue reading

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Antarctica’s penguin poo sleuths

LOUISE Emmerson has spent the past five years in a Hobart laboratory preoccupied with understanding the lives of Antarctic Adelie penguins. But it was only a few days ago that she finally saw the real thing waddle into view across … Continue reading

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New Gentoo Chicks at Newport Aquarium

The Newport Aquarium in northern Kentucky has announced that two Gentoo chicks were hatched last month, one on December 3rd and another on December 24th. Both are awesome additions to my favorite part of the aquarium. I’ll be sure to … Continue reading

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London Zoo penguin head count

The Telegraph has pictures of the London Zoo’s bird keeper taking a head count of their 40 African penguins and 4 Rockhoppers. Each of them have names but that doesn’t make it any easier, I bet. I’m sure they use … Continue reading

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Penguins in Black & White

David Vaynor Evans of Antarctic Diary took some really nice black & white shots using an old fashioned manual camera (read not DSLR). Check out the rest of the pictures on their site. They are phenomenal shots with no Photoshop … Continue reading

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Rockhoppers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Credit: allen350d at flickr

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