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Does anyone else here ever get really into Penguins?
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No.
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Well, I'm into penguins...
I'm guessing you're not from Texas...
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BTW... If you behave, the men will buy your beer for free.
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Does anyone else here ever get really into Penguins?
My brother-in-law is. To a lesser extent, my daughter is too.
Chris
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Like this extinct giant penguin?
From the BBC.
Tropical giant penguin discovered
By Neil Bowdler
BBC science reporter
A giant penguin that preferred the tropics to the southern oceans has been discovered by a team of scientists.
The fossilised remains of the animal, which lived some 36 million years ago, were found in what is today Peru.
At 1.5m (5ft) tall, the penguin looked quite different from its modern-day cousins, a report in PNAS journal says.
It had a long protracted skull and what its discoverers are describing as a grossly elongated beak that was spear-like in appearance.
The Icadyptes salasi penguin would dwarf all the penguins who walk the planet today.
It would have stood head and shoulders over the emperor and the king penguins of the southern seas.
Its well-preserved skeleton was discovered in the Department of Ica on the southern coast of Peru along with the remains of as many as four other previously undiscovered penguin species, all of which appear to have preferred the tropics for colder climes.
Indeed, the Icadyptes appears to have lived happily at such warmer latitudes at a time when world temperatures were much hotter than they are today - and long before anyone thought penguins had reached such low latitudes.
Of course, not all modern-day penguins are adapted for life in cold temperatures.
The African or Galapagos penguins, for example, as their names suggest, also prefer warmer waters to the better-known penguins of the southern seas and Antarctica; but they are comparative newcomers, say the researchers, compared with the giant whose discovery they are now announcing.
"That was sort of a dominant hypothesis - that in fact penguins had only reached low latitude regions comparatively recently and after two major periods of cooling in Earth's history," said Dr Julia Clarke, of North Carolina State University, US, and a member of the research team.
"One was around the Eocene-Oligocene about 34 million years ago; and more recently, post 15 million years ago - but in fact we find penguins there now in much warmer periods and much, much earlier."
Full details are reported in a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the United States of America.
I spent several enjoyable minutes watching a college girl in waders getting pecked by a flock of the little critters @ the Shedd Aquarium this spring.
Cute girl.The birds were,um,black & white?
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I wonder what BBQ penguin tastes like?
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Someone always says this, so I'll do it this time.
What caliber for penguins?
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Does anyone else here ever get really into Penguins?
My wife is. She has amassed quite the collection of penguin memorabilia.
Er, was there any particular reason for the inquiry?
-Jack
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There was a game a few years ago called "Deus Ex: Invisible War" that had an amusing bug. If the penguins at an arctic base were accidentally ignited, they'd not go out, and would continue to march around on fire, setting enemies on fire as well.
That was always amusing.
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If the penguins at an arctic base were accidentally ignited, they'd not go out, and would continue to march around on fire, setting enemies on fire as well.
Fire in video games is ALWAYS amusing. Was true back in the days of Syndicate, and would have been loads of fun in Brothers In Arms if the flamethrower mod had ever been released.
But you want giant penguins? I got your giant penguins right here.
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As to fire in games, there was always the absolutely ineffectual flame rounds in the first Team Fortress that did a laughably low amount of damage, even while the person hit was on fire.
Which led to one of the most amusing in-game conversations among players I can recall, while they continued walking around.
"By jove! I appear to be aflame!"
"Indeed! How curious!"
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Just where the heck did the idea for this thread come from in the first place? You know it's not good to start drinking that early in the day.
Brad
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http://www.miniclip.com/games/club-penguin/en/
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BTW... If you behave, the men will buy your beer for free.
Great song. I love the line "she grew smaller in my mirror, as I watched her wave goodbye".
Cracks me up when I hear it.
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As to fire in games, there was always the absolutely ineffectual flame rounds in the first Team Fortress that did a laughably low amount of damage, even while the person hit was on fire.
Which led to one of the most amusing in-game conversations among players I can recall, while they continued walking around.
"By jove! I appear to be aflame!"
"Indeed! How curious!"
I used to love playing as a pyro in Team Fortress Classic. Gawd, snipers hated me....
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Are penguins very sensitive to your needs, Bogie?
James
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"The port is quite good."
"Yes, quite good."
"Indeed."
"Most certainly."
"What year is it?"
"'51."
"Ahh."
"Delectable."
"Indeed."
"Yes."
Peter suddenly sets on fire
"Oh, dear."
"What is it?"
"I've spontaneously combusted."
"Well, I am sorry."
"Oh it's quite all right, I've grown tired of living."
"Ah, very good then."
"For the best."
"Yes, indeed."
"Oh, is it raining again?"