Penguin swaps tuxedo for wet suit
Written by admin on April 25th, 2008An aging African penguin at the California Academy of Sciences has been experiencing the same problem that many old gentlemen go through. He is going bald!
Penguins rely on their waterproof feathers to keep warm so sadly this smart little man wasn’t taking the chance and was left on the side whilst his friends played around in the pool. Plus he had been being picked on by his supposed friends and had lost his alpha male status!
So what did the biologists do about it? They designed him a nice, dashing wet suit. Now he is back swimming and is not being picked on anymore. A happy ending all round.
I found this great little video on You Tube showing him in action.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Hey, Forest - followed you through on the comment you left on WebDiggin. Great post title. Hooked me in.
I haven’t really experimented with embedded youtube videos. (Heck, I think I’ve missed the boat on the whole youtube thing.)
WebDiggins last blog post..Is your RSS Feed Working Properly?
April 27th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Hey there Webdiggin, good to see you here. (This is the same Forest from TheRandomForest).
Do you have any pets that you would like to showcase here?
Youtube vids are a pain in the backside to embed in Wordpress. If you go back and edit the post it screws it up. There are some plug-ins availabale but I have not tried them yet.
April 27th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Awww cute. I heard a snippet on the news about it, but missed the story.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:10 am
Penguin Wetsuit :)s last blog post..Stand Up Paddling Workout
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:15 am
He is top of the pack again!!