Penguin populations falling steeply: biologist

July 1, 2008
Courtesy University of Washington
and World Science staff

Like the pro­ver­bi­al ca­nary in the coal mine, pen­guins are sound­ing the
alarm for po­ten­tially cat­a­stroph­ic changes in the world's oceans, a
Uni­ver­s­ity of Wash­ing­ton bi­olo­g­ist says.

The cul­prits are glob­al warm­ing, oil pol­lu­tion, de­ple­tion of
fish­er­ies and ram­pant coast­line de­vel­op­ment, which threat­en
breed­ing hab­i­tats for many pen­guin spe­cies, she ar­gues.





       Rain has soaked this Adé­lie pen­guin chick in Ant­arc­ti­ca be­fore
its feath­ers are ca­pa­ble of re­pel­ling wa­ter. Though the icy
con­ti­nent is in es­sence a des­sert, coast­al rain­fall is be­com­ing more
com­mon with chang­ing cli­mate. (Cour­te­sy Dee Boersma)



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These fac­tors are be­hind rap­id popula­t­ion de­clines among the birds,
said the uni­ver­s­ity's Dee Boers­ma, an au­thor­ity on pen­guins.

"Pen­guins are among those spe­cies that show us that we are mak­ing
fun­da­men­tal changes to our world," she said. "The fate of all spe­cies is
to go ex­tinct, but there are some spe­cies that go ex­tinct be­fore their
time and we are fac­ing that pos­si­bil­ity with some pen­guins."

In a pa­per pub­lished in the July-August edi­tion of the re­search jour­nal
Bio­Science, Boers­ma notes there are 16 to 19 pen­guin spe­cies, and most
pen­guins are at 43 sites, vir­tu­ally all in the South­ern Hem­i­sphere.

For most of these col­o­nies, po­pu­la­t­ion trends have been un­clear, so
few peo­ple real­ized that many pen­guins were suf­fer­ing sharp
popula­t­ion de­clines, Boers­ma said. She ad­vo­cates an in­terna­t­ional
ef­fort to check on the larg­est col­o­nies of each pen­guin spe­cies at
least eve­ry five years.

Work­ing with the Wild­life Con­serva­t­ion So­ci­e­ty and col­leagues,
Boer­sma has stud­ied the world's larg­est breed­ing col­o­ny of
Mag­el­lanic pen­guins at Pun­ta Tombo on Ar­genti­na's At­lan­tic coast.
That popula­t­ion probably peak­ed at about 400,000 pairs be­tween the late
1960s and early 1980s, and to­day is half that, she said.

There are si­m­i­lar sto­ries from oth­er re­gions. Af­ri­can pen­guins
de­creased from 1.5 mil­lion pairs a cen­tu­ry ago to just 63,000 pairs by
2005, Boersma claimed. Galapa­gos Is­lands pen­guins, the only spe­cies
whose range ex­tends in­to the North­ern Hem­i­sphere, now num­ber around
2,500, about a quar­ter of what their popula­t­ion was when Boers­ma first
stud­ied them in the 1970s.

Boersma re­counts watch­ing in 2006 as cli­mate anoma­lies wreaked hav­oc on
the same popula­t­ion of Em­per­or pen­guins fea­tured in the pop­u­lar 2005
film "March of the Pen­guins." The col­o­ny bred in the same place as in
oth­er years, where the ice is pro­tected from the open sea and wind keeps
snow from pil­ing up and freez­ing the eggs. But in Sep­tem­ber, with the
chicks just more than half-grown, the adults ap­par­ently sensed dan­ger and
un­char­ac­ter­is­tic­ally marched the col­o­ny more than three miles to
dif­fer­ent ice.

The ice they chose re­mained in­tact the longest, but in late Sep­tem­ber a
strong storm broke it up and the chicks were forced in­to the wa­ter,
Boersma said. While the adults could sur­vive, the chicks needed two more
months of feath­er growth and build­up of in­su­lat­ing fat to be
in­de­pend­ent. The likely re­sult, Boers­ma said, was a to­tal
col­o­ny­wide breed­ing fail­ure that year.

Glob­al warm­ing al­so ap­pears to be key in the de­cline of Galapa­gos
pen­guins, she said: as the at­mos­phere and ocean get warm­er, El Niño
South­ern Os­cilla­t­ion events, which af­fect weath­er world­wide, seem to
oc­cur more of­ten. Dur­ing those times, ocean cur­rents that car­ry the
small fish that pen­guins eat are pushed far­ther away from the is­lands and
the birds of­ten starve or are left too weak to breed.

These prob­lems raise the ques­tion of wheth­er hu­mans are mak­ing it too
hard for oth­er spe­cies to co­ex­ist, Boers­ma argued. Pen­guins in places
like Ar­gen­ti­na, the Falk­lands and Af­ri­ca run ris­ing risks of be­ing
fouled by oil, ei­ther from ocean drill­ing or be­cause of pe­tro­le­um
dis­charge from pass­ing ships, she con­ti­nued. The birds' chances of
get­ting oiled are al­so ris­ing be­cause they often have to for­age much
far­ther than be­fore to find prey.

"As the fish hu­mans have tra­di­tion­ally eat­en get more and more scarce,
we are fish­ing down the food chain and now we are be­gin­ning to com­pete
more di­rectly with smaller or­gan­isms for the food they de­pend on," she
said. As the world's popula­t­ion con­tin­ues to ex­plode and more and more
peo­ple live in coast­al ar­eas, the neg­a­tive ef­fects are grow­ing for
both ma­rine and shore-based hab­i­tats used by a va­ri­e­ty of spe­cies,
Boer­sma added.

"I don't think we can wait. In 1960 we had three bil­lion peo­ple in the
world. Now it's 6.7 bil­lion and it's ex­pected to be eight bil­lion by
2025," she said. "We've waited a very long time. It's clear that hu­mans
have changed the face of the Earth and we have changed the face of the
oceans, but we just can't see it. We've al­ready waited too long."

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Hi, group.  I know, I've been quiet fir a little while.  There's been a
lot going on here, but nothing to do with penguins.  Anyway, I just
received some news about our flightless friends from my sister who
teaches social studies to high school students (better her then me, I
hated social studies) and thought I would share it with you.  There are
several articles so you might want to check them all out, so I've sent
the link that would give you access to all of the articles.
Unfortunately, there is one about a Pittsburgh Penguin, as well, but
just skip that one and pretend it isn't even there.  Go to:

http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=penguins&c
<http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=penguins&c> =

It has information about a 5' peguin that hunted that is now extinct and
that it liked its weather on the hot side, not cold.  Enjoy!

Keep on Waddlin'!

Caroline Bittinger



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v

That's me `tyring to break away from the club scene'

http://littlebluenews.blogspot.com/
<http://littlebluenews.blogspot.com/>

telling this story which i happily answered

http://nastybrutalistandshort.blogspot.com/2007/02/death-and-penguin.htm\
l

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Death and the Penguin



I have, in various places, garnered perhaps more theoretical mileage
from the replacement of the Penguins in London zoo from their
Lubetkin-designed Constructivist environment (wherein they are being
chased above by none other than Walt Disney) than would perhaps be
considered advisable. So it's wonderful to find confirmation that in the
sphere of Penguins as in that of the Proletariat, it's bureaucratic
negligence rather than an innate reactionary nature that leads to
dissatisfaction with a Modernist environment. Viz, from The Guardian:





Steve Rose includes in his selection of "unloved award winners" my
father's penguin pool at London Zoo. I was astonished to read that
"nobody thought to ask the penguins" about the design. My father steeped
himself in literature about penguins; he consulted the specialists at
the zoo itself, as well as Julian Huxley, Solly Zuckerman and other
authorities.

If the current zoo authorities had time to consult the archives that I
hope are still in their possession, they would see that when the first
penguins were moved into their new home, they settled and bred
successfully - a sure sign that they were happy with their surroundings.
Indeed, when the penguin pool was refurbished in 1988, and the penguins
were temporarily moved, they stopped breeding, only to resume when moved
back into their pool. Now, alas, there are no penguins in the pool,
because the zoo put burrowing penguins in the enclosure - and found,
unsurprisingly, that they were unhappy there.

Sasha Lubetkin

Bristol



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i'm  trying to see if a blog would work for at least as a personal
record,  so here's my list of penguin related blogs and other new finds
with a little penguin political comment in the middle.  the first blog
is where i'm trying to gomore in the future.

my attempt at a blogg

http://www.blogger.com/posts.g?blogID=37180852
<http://www.blogger.com/posts.g?blogID=37180852>



bb

http://blog.myspace.com/76097708 <http://blog.myspace.com/76097708>

the penguin chronicles

http://thereasoner.com/item/2006/11/05/the-blue-screen-of-death-more-sou\
rness/

world peace, angry penguin

http://ccrashh.blogspot.com/ <http://ccrashh.blogspot.com/>

penguin-blog

http://www.penguin-blog.com/ <http://www.penguin-blog.com/>

penguins lab

http://www.penguinslab.com/ <http://www.penguinslab.com/>

Logo - A microwave oven transformer rewound for a low voltage, high
amperage configuration is short circuited using a loose wire as a 'pen',
and a sheet of aluminium foil as 'ground'. A camera set for 1.6s
exposure shoots the action whilst the pen is touched to the foil and
dragged in a semicircle behind Mr. Penguin.

Mr. Penguin is the trademark logo of Penguin's Lab. Once an innocent toy
from McDonalds, Mr. Penguin has evolved into an important part of the
experiments on this site. Throughout my experiments, he is subjected to
quite alot of discomfort.

In high voltage projects, a short stubby plastic object can often be
useful in seeing how electrical arcs behave around it.

Lonely penguin blog

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/spenc148/blog/
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/spenc148/blog/>

naked penguin blog day

http://frogsdong.blogspot.com/2005/04/Thursday-is-naked-penguin-blog-day\
.html

Thursday, April 28, 2005

Thursday is NAKED PENGUIN BLOG DAY!

In honor of BadTux the Snarky Penguin, and in response to his request
that AT&T fork over some penguin pornography, the editorial board at
Blanton's and Ashton's has decided to expand its foray into the world of
smut by publishing naked pictures of an additional species: penguins! We
may not be AT&T, but we know how to get our hands on a nude bird.



Abstract penguin

http://www.abstractpenguin.com/index.php
<http://www.abstractpenguin.com/index.php>



penguin blog/flying penguin

penguin repair guy among other things

http://soldcentralfl.com/flyingpenguin/penguin_blog.shtml
<http://soldcentralfl.com/flyingpenguin/penguin_blog.shtml>

gay penguin for president [2004]

http://www.gaypenguinforamerica.com/
<http://www.gaypenguinforamerica.com/>

Gay Penguin: Just as Good





Two of the Bush is worth a bird in the White House:

"I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time
thinking about myself, about why I do things." - President George Bush,
aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

Many commentators will observe that Gay Penguin himself is not very
analytical, nor does he spend time thinking about himself and why he
does things. You see, Charles Darwin once wrote about animal intellect:

"It may be freely admitted that no animal is self-conscious, if by this
term it is implied that he reflects on such points, as whence he comes
or whither he will go, or what is life and death, and so forth." -
Darwin, "The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex."

So, if this lack of self awareness is, as Mr. Bush suggests, a political
strength, surely no one can "out penguin" an "out penguin"?

But there's more. As we know, a penguin has no real depth of
understanding regarding his own death, or the death of others. But
perhaps you will agree that Gay Penguin's grasp on such matters is at
least as intelligent as Bush's. Consider this thought, but instead of
coming from the president of the united states, coming from a telepathic
communication with a penguin:

"Look at these different places around the world where there's been
tremendous death and destruction because killers kill." - President
George Bush, Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2004

While an animal like a monkey or elephant may be able to understand
death as well as Mr. Bush does- that indeed, what a killer does is kill
things- a Penguin might, too. You see, something that Mr. Bush, a
Monkey, an Elephant and a Penguin all have in common is that they are
all mammals ahem- creatures of instinct. So, it would be safe to say
that yes, a Penguin, too, understands that "killers kill."

That's why Gay Penguin walks away from loud, scary people, as well as
any natural predator, such as the terrorist Leopard Seal, which eats
penguins alive because it "hates freedom".

(both quotes via McSweeney's "Daily Reason to Dispatch Bush")

Posted by Scout @ 1:19 PM

penguin magic - apparently penguin magicians

http://www.penguinmagic.com/blog/ <http://www.penguinmagic.com/blog/>

mobile penguin

http://web.mac.com/mebpenguin/iWeb/Mobile-Penguin/Mobile-Penguin%20Home/\
Mobile-Penguin%20Home.html

the angry penguin

http://www.andyjessop.co.uk/blog/index.html
<http://www.andyjessop.co.uk/blog/index.html>

kpg - kelley penguin girl

http://www.kellypenguingirl.com/ <http://www.kellypenguingirl.com/>

Swedish frappr penguin guy

http://www.frappr.com/?a=myfrappr&id=568734
<http://www.frappr.com/?a=myfrappr&id=568734>

another frappr penguin friend - th si ones from australia

http://www.frappr.com/?a=myfrappr&id=1071662
<http://www.frappr.com/?a=myfrappr&id=1071662>

kaiser penguin - a bout mixing drink but with cute logo

http://www.kaiserpenguin.com/ <http://www.kaiserpenguin.com/>

Kaiser Penguin is a blog about cocktails for the erudite mixologist.

Why on Earth did you name your blog "Kaiser Penguin?"

It is a well-known fact that penguins are members of high society and
enjoy fine cocktails. Our very own kaiser penguin would also like me to
mention that he also enjoys various treats from the sea.

visions of a penguin

http://www.apenguin.com/ <http://www.apenguin.com/>

0Hot Product: Penguin Lamp, March of the Penguins on Your Desk

http://blog.stylehive.com/index.php/weblog/entry/hot-product-penguin-lam\
p-march-of-the-penguins-on-your-desk/

ps - penguin groups

http://groups-beta.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=fx64HhUAAABEnMuCid\
LLF89xcLRWk5VyM2QSjOpuh1pnvFAOUlylOg

penguin club games

http://www.miniclip.com/games/club-penguin/en/
<http://www.miniclip.com/games/club-penguin/en/>

   <http://www.blogger.com/posts.g?blogID=37180852>



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Act Now! Comment Deadline This Week-Dec. 26! Protect Penguins and Whales
from Industrial Fishing
From: Center for Biological Diversity

Act Now! Comment Deadline This Week-Dec. 26! Protect Penguins and Whales
from Industrial Fishing

In the movie "Happy Feet," the penguins, elephant seals and other wildlife
of Antarctica face starvation as a result of industrial fishing fleets
depleting the fish these animals rely upon for food.  Unfortunately, this
part of the movie is not entirely fiction.  Industrial fleets fishing for
krill and toothfish (marketed in the United States as Chilean Sea Bass) ply
the rich waters of the Southern Ocean, catching not just the target species,
but seabirds and marine mammals as well.  In some areas the fishing pressure
is intense enough that food competition with penguins and marine mammals is
likely.

Officials within the Bush administration apparently haven't seen "Happy
Feet" - or if they have, they've ignored the message.  Last month the
National Marine Fisheries Service completed its environmental review on a
plan that would open the door to increased harvest of krill, icefish, and
toothfish, essential food for penguins, seals and whales.  The plan also
would make it easier for illegally caught toothfish to be imported into the
United States; authorizes a new toothfish longline fishery that poses a
threat to albatross and whales; allows a trawl fishery that drowns Antarctic
Fur Seals; and permits destructive bottom trawling.

Nevertheless, the happy ending of "Happy Feet" is still possible.  The
National Marine Fisheries Service is accepting comments on its management
plan for Antarctic fisheries until Dec. 26.  Take action today and demand
that fishing for krill and toothfish be banned in Antarctic waters and that
imports of toothfish into the U.S. be suspended.


Send a letter to the following decision maker(s):
Robert Gorrell
SEND A LETTER ONLINE:
http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/penguins_whales/

Below is the sample letter:
Subject: CCAMLR.FPEIS: Prohibit Toothfish and Krill Fishing
Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],
I am writing to ask that you adopt the most environmentally protective
alternatives contained in the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement regarding the management of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.

Specifically, NMFS should adopt alternatives which prohibit U.S. vessels
from fishing for toothfish, icefish, and krill (Alternatives A4, B4, C4, D4,
E5, F4, and G4), and which prohibit longline fishing (Alternative J2) and
destructive bottom trawling (Alternative K4). Additionally, as the United
States is the world's largest importer of toothfish, NMFS should suspend all
toothfish imports until it can be demonstrated that the harvest is
sustainable and that measures have been taken to ensure that bycatch of
seabirds and marine mammals is eliminated. The United States should not be
supporting an industry which threatens to drive not just the toothfish, but
also many albatross species to extinction. Finally, given the significant
impacts of global warming on Antarctic ecosystems, NMFS must not authorize
any activities that impact seabirds and marine mammals, or their prey,
without first analyzing the effects of global warming on these species.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
Sincerely,

Annelisa Johnson

We encourage you to pass on this alert to friends, list serves and other
action alert services.  Anyone can participate at:
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What's At Stake:

While no place on Earth has escaped the impacts of human activity, the
waters off Antarctica, particularly the Ross Sea, comprise some of the most
intact marine ecosystems remaining on the planet.  However, the whales,
seals, penguins, albatrosses, fish and other marine life in these waters are
facing the dual threats of global warming and industrial fishing.
Unfortunately, the Bush administration is ignoring the one while expanding
the other.

Fishing in the rich waters off Antarctica is governed by an international
treaty, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources (CCAMLR).  While the CCAMLR management scheme is one of the few in
the world that theoretically incorporates ecosystem-based management
principles into its decision-making, it has not prevented the severe
overfishing of toothfish, a long-lived species marketed in the U.S. as
Chilean Sea Bass.  Nor does this management regime factor in the significant
impacts global warming is having on krill stocks, or on the species such as
whales and penguins dependant on krill.  A study published in the journal
Nature in 2004 documented declines in krill stocks by up to 80 percent since
the 1970s in the southwest Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean.  This is
the area where most krill fishing occurs.
Krill is generally caught for use as feed stock for aquaculture such as for
farmed salmon.  However, krill fishing vessels don't just catch krill; they
also catch and drown seabirds and marine mammals.  One U.S.-flagged krill
vessel killed 138 Antarctic Fur Seals in a five-week period in 2004, making
it perhaps the deadliest fishing vessel to marine mammals of any flying the
U.S. flag.

Longline fleets fishing for toothfish have not only severely depleted
toothfish populations but also hook and drown scores of albatross.  Of the
21 albatross species, 19 are now considered Threatened, primarily as a
result of longline fishing.  Sperm Whales and Killer Whales, which eat
toothfish off the longlines, also become hooked or entangled in the fishing
gear, and consequently drown or are shot by fishermen.

The U.S. operates a relatively small portion of the fishing fleet in
Antarctic waters but is the world's largest importer and consumer of
toothfish.

Last month the Bush administration completed its environmental review on a
plan that would open the door to increased harvest of krill and toothfish by
U.S vessels.  The plan authorizes a new toothfish longline fishery which
poses a threat not just to toothfish populations but to albatrosses and
whales.  The plan would also eliminate permit requirements for harvest of
toothfish in large areas of the Southern Ocean not subject to CCAMLR
requirements, and make it easier for illegally caught toothfish (marketed as
Chilean Sea Bass) to be imported into the United States.

The pending plan also allows a mid-water trawl fishery for krill, which not
only removes this important food source for seabird and marine mammals but
also directly kills them.  Additionally, the plan would allow bottom
trawling on the relatively undisturbed continental shelf off Antarctica.
Bottom trawling is one of the most destructive forms of fishing practiced;
heavy steel chains are dragged across the seafloor, crushing and killing any
creature that can't get out of the way of the trawl gear and accompanying
net, and quickly reducing a complex ocean habitat to a muddy barren.  Bottom
trawling has been banned from many areas of the United States, and efforts
are underway to internationally prohibit this destructive practice. It
should certainly be banned in Antarctic waters.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is currently accepting comments
on this misguided proposal.  Please take a minute and send an e-mail or
write a letter to NMFS and demand that fishing for krill and toothfish be
banned in Antarctic waters, that imports of toothfish be suspended, that
bottom trawling be banned, and that any decisions regarding Antarctica must
take global warming into account.  The comment deadline closes Dec. 26.

Comments may be e-mailed to CCAMLR.FPEIS@... or sent via mail or fax to
Robert B. Gorrell
Fishery Management Officer
Office of Sustainable Fisheries-SF3
National Marine Fisheries Service
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Springs, MD 20910
Fax:(301) 713-1193

Campaign Expiration Date:
December 26, 2006
http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/penguins_whales/

Penguins offer evidence of global warming
Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:01 AM ET



By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent, REUTERS

MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica (Reuters) - The first Adelie penguin chicks of the
season -- black fluffballs small enough to hold in the hand -- started hatching
this month, and the simple fact that there are more of them in the south and
fewer of them further north is a sign of global warming, scientists say.

Smaller than the more majestic Emperor penguins, the Adelies have some 193
colonies that have a total population of 2.5 million breeding pairs, said
researcher David Ainley in a telephone interview from his camp at the penguin
rookery at Cape Royds in Antarctica.

"We're looking for dramatic right-hand turns (in the penguin population), which
are happening now," Ainley said. "The rate of Adelie penguin colony
disappearance is accelerating as the sea ice disappears."

As the northern sea ice vanishes and penguin populations decrease, southern
penguin colonies flourish as the sea ice loosens, making it easier for them to
dive and fish, he said.

Adelies and Emperors are the two species of penguin that live on sea ice; all
other penguins dwell in open water.

"Adelies and Emperors have the ability to cope with sea ice," Ainley said. "They
have an incredible ability to lay on layers of fat when the sea ice is heavy."

For example, he said, Adelies can hold their breath for six minutes at a time
and Emperors can go without a breath for 20 minutes at a time, allowing both
species to forage for food underneath the ice.

They eat fish, squid and tiny creatures called krill.

Adelie penguins have moved around depending on the temperature at least since
the so-called Little Ice Age that occurred around the year 1200, Ainley said.

"As the Earth cooled slightly, Adelie colonies began to appear further north
during the Little Ice Age," he said. "But since then, Adelies have been
retreating, and in the past 30 years this process has been accelerating."

When asked whether there is any doubt that this is a consequence of
human-fuelled global warming, Ainley offered a flat "No" in reply.

ROCK THIEVES

To keep track of the Adelie colonies at three sites in the vicinity of McMurdo
Station, Ainley and his team band hundreds of the new chicks and insert bar code
identifying chips under the skin near the shoulders of the adults.

"You'd never be able to collect any meaningful data without these techniques,"
he explained, noting that you might be able to weigh a certain penguin once, but
it would be virtually impossible to identify that penguin again for a repeat
weighing.

As it is, scientists have constructed a weigh bridge that acts as a scale when
penguins waddle across it.

Because nothing grows on the sea ice where Adelies live, there are no twigs or
branches to build nests, so these penguins collect rocks and fashion a nest-like
pile of them to brood over their eggs -- usually two eggs at a time.

Even rocks are in short supply, so some Adelies have a habit of swiping rocks
from other penguins' nests, Ainley said.

"Some birds are pretty industrious," he said. "Others have a strategy of
stealing."


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From: DawnWatch <news@...>
Subject: DawnWatch: ABC Nightline on penguin crisis as their food goes to
farm-raised salmon 11/28/06

ABC's Nightline gave us more wonderfully animal friendly coverage on
Tuesday, November 28. Using the new movie "Happy Feet" as his jump-off
point, reporter Bill Blakemore looked at the real plight of penguins. He
told us they are struggling to survive because of global warming, now
threatening to melt the frozen sea surface many penguins need for survival,
and because of extensive over-fishing. We learned that the colony of
emperors made famous in the popular documentary "March of the Penguins" has
lost 50% of its number over the past half-century. Blakemore explained that
their main source of food is tiny shrimp-like creatures called krill, and
that the krill are being taken in enormous catches, mostly to be ground up
and fed to farm-raised salmon s. He ended his report by telling us that
scientists say that unless humanity figures out how to reverse the course
down south, the happy ending in "Happy Feet" will be just wishful thinking.

You can read the web version of the report at
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2683077&page=1


By BILL BLAKEMORE

Nov. 28, 2006 - While a young emperor penguin named Mumble and his friends
dance in animated joy rocking movie houses across the United States in the
hit film "Happy Feet," many of their real life counterparts are struggling
to stay alive, say scientists and environmental groups.


"These animals that have wiggled and tap danced their way into the hearts of
people around the country are in serious trouble," Josh Reichert, director
of the Environment Division of the Pew Charitable Trust, told ABC News.

Extensive over-fishing, human encroachment, and effects of global warming
appear to be having a devastating cumulative effect on many penguins, say
experts.


Of the world's 19 penguin species, 12 are now so threatened they need
special protection, according to the wildlife advocacy group the Center for
Biological Diversity.


The Center is filing a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
list all 12 penguin species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.


They include the world's largest penguin, the emperor, whose midwinter
travails and incubation rituals also filled movie houses in the
record-breaking documentary "March of the Penguins."


"The emperor colony in that movie has declined by about 50 percent over the
past half-century," scientist Paul Ponganis told ABC.


Ponganis, who makes regular trips to study emperors in Antarctica from his
base at San Diego's Scripps Oceanographic Institution, cautions that the
colony is the only one out of about 40 emperor colonies with records going
back that far, "so we don't know yet exactly how stressed the species as a
whole is, but it's not a good sign."



Same Plight as Polar Bears - Less Sea Ice


Ponganis, who studies the emperors' remarkable ability to dive 1,640 feet in
search of food and hold their breath for 20 minutes, reports that the 4-foot
tall birds are threatened by commercial fishing and, almost certainly, by
the long-range effects of global warming that is melting sea-ice.


"emperors breed and incubate their eggs in the middle of winter," he says,
"because they do it all on the frozen sea surface."



If the sea-ice freezes too late in autumn or breaks up too early in spring,
the chicks won't be old enough to swim, he explains, "so the long-term
projections for global warming are a serious threat."






Early sea-ice break up in recent years is consistent with many projections
of the effects of global warming, and scientists are not optimistic.






Climate scientists around the world agree that even in the best case
scenarios, the earth is virtually certain to warm at least another two
degrees Fahrenheit due to human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.






Emperors and other penguin species also need floating sea-ice to rest on
during their long fishing forays.






Penguins, which are found only in the southern hemisphere, thus appear to
face the same problem global warming has already brought to the north pole -
less and less frozen sea surface or "sea-ice" - which polar bears, found
only at the north end of the planet, must have to stand on as they hunt
seals, their main food.







Farmed Salmon We Eat Are Fed Penguins' Food





"'Happy Feet' ends on a note that implies the threat to the penguins has
been fixed," says Reichert. "But it's not the reality - it's getting worse."






"Happy Feet" features three penguin species - not only emperors ("Mumble")
but Adelies ("Ramon") and rockhoppers ("Lovelace"), says Reichert - and ends
with what appears to be a United Nations ban on fishing in Antarctica and
plenty of food for all penguins.






The reality, he says, is that enormous catches of krill (tiny shrimp-like
creatures) and other "forage fish" not eaten by humans are already being
taken by large commercial fleets, robbing penguins of food, and there are
expected to be much bigger catches to come.






"Krill are eaten by many penguins - it's the main food of emperors - as well
as other animals including whales, seals and many seabirds," says Reichert.
"We will soon see gigantic trawlers - boats that can take 120,000 metric
tons of krill in one season, as much krill as the entire international fleet
in the southern oceans takes now."






Humans don't eat much krill - directly, he says, although it is used in
nutritional supplements. However, it has become an increasingly attractive
food source for the burgeoning farmed fish industry known as aquaculture.






"The krill are ground up to feed to farmed salmon, and because krill are
reddish in color, they are ideal for farm raised salmon because it gives
their meat a natural red color," says Reichert.






Otherwise, he explains, fish farmers have to use red and pink dyes in fish
food to produce the color buyers like.




Endangered Species Act and Environmental Tactics





"We are quite familiar with the Center for Biological Diversity," says
Valerie Fellows of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, "They bring many
petitions for endangered species."






Fellows says the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service cannot comment on the merits
of the petition before they receive and study it, but a similar petition
filed last year by the CBD and other environmental groups - seeking
endangered status for Polar Bears - has passed a first stage of review
toward gaining that status.






Courts have given the government a deadline of Dec. 27 to present its
ultimate determination on polar bears.






CBD officers tell ABC News they believe the Endangered Species Act contains
language that requires the government to act to prevent global warming when
it can be shown the warming is harming an endangered species.






The CBD cites language in the act that prevents the federal government from
carrying out, authorizing or funding any action that might "jeopardize the
continued existence" of any listed species.






"When we get a species listed that is threatened by global warming,"
including polar bears and penguins, says the CBD'S Kassie Siegel, "we intend
to bring a case under the Endangered Species Act against the government to
act to curb greenhouse gases."


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This Friday November 17th the movie Happy Feet comes out into
theaters.  It is about a group a emperor penguins and it looks really
funny and of course super cute.  Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are in
it too.  Here is a link to the website if you want to check it out...

http://www2.warnerbros.com/happyfeet/

just watched the first showing of 'penguins of antartica' on nature and
its just wonderful.  sometimes beautiful, sometimes musical, sometimes
real and all too real but with some surprises.  check it out this week
and pass the word along.  happy feet on in a week, more penguin related
ads then i've ever heard.   only thing lacking is noises from the
penguin lovers

:-)  Hello friends:

Today was approved the following member:

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Comment from user: Penguins are just the coolest!! They are soo cute

blackdog441@............ November 19, 2006

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Friend Aimee, welcome to the our club. I hope to see your
participation soon!

Regards,
Rodolfo

The video

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=guinness+penguin
<http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=guinness+penguin>

Belfast Telegraph Home > News

Activists in a flap over penguins in Guinness ad



By Deborah McAleese

01 November 2006

It may be a source of laughter in living rooms and cinemas across
Ireland but the latest Guinness commercial has definitely not generated
much mirth among animal rights activists.

The commercial about the lives of two penguins has infuriated the animal
rights group Animal Defenders International who have said it would have
caused unnecessary suffering for the animal stars.

Dubbed 'Best Mates' the commercial depicts the treacherous journey a
pair of live emperor penguins have to make in order to get to the pub
and order a pint of Guinness.

When the pair finally arrive at the pub the penguin bar tender is not
amused that neither have any money to pay for their pints.

Produced by Blink Productions, the commercial also features computer
generated images of the penguins.

"It is totally inappropriate to use these species for filming," said Jan
Creamer, chief executive of Animal Defenders International (ADI).

"Devoid of their natural habitat and their own kind they can be
subjected to harsh training regimes to perform in a commercial
environment. The presence of film crews and equipment is highly
disruptive and they do not cope well in warmer climates.

"Animals do not need to suffer in this way, if brands used computer
generated images instead throughout their ads."

However, Guinness last night defended the commercial and said it is
"acutely aware of the absolute necessity to treat animals used in
commercials with due care for their mental and physical well being."

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=712405
<http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=712405>





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November is already a special month for me personally as I get to return
to my official profession and it will be the first full month of my
grown daughters' return home. One of them even brought along a male
friend whose hair makes him look like a macaroni penguin and he
doesn't mind the comparison.

And for the rest of the world it turns out its penguin media month. On
November 17th Happy Feet opens at some theaters. And then 8 days later
March of the Penguins will be on the Hallmark Channel - Nov. 25 at 9
p.m. (EST/PST).

Both of these penguin events also turn out to have some related
educational things suitable for passing on to teachers or otherwise
spreading penguin knowledge. Hallmark offers an online pdf "March of the
Penguins Educator Guide".

Go to the Educator Guide link on the bottom of the home page.

http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/ <http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/>

Or directly to:

http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/data/bin/MOTPEdGuide.pdf
<http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/data/bin/MOTPEdGuide.pdf>

The page about happy feet offers some background and even the
possibility of free tickets but I'm not sure what to make of the
organization.

http://www.youthfilmproject.org/film/happyfeet.htm
<http://www.youthfilmproject.org/film/happyfeet.htm>

Finally the march of the penguins takeoff is said to be appearing
sometime soon but I refuse to dignify it with a plug.



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At 2:14 PM -0400 9/19/06, Caroline Flynn-Bittinger wrote:
>[...]  They talked about the two major organization
>involved in the rescue effort, Southern African Foundation for the
>Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCOB)

We've visited SANCCOB - it's awesome! Aside from the folks who work
there, they have lots of  volunteers - who actually pay to be
volunteers - who sign up for a minimum of 6 weeks at a time just to
clean and rehab seabirds. It's messy and smelly work, and penguins
peck! (especially when they're unhappy...)

Lots of the rehab work is de-oiling penguins (even when there are no
major oil spills, ships regularly dump oil when flushing tanks, so
there are always some penguins straying into this.) With the ongoing
Earthwatch projects on Dassen and Robben islands, though, most of the
oiled penguins in that area tend to be found - and taken to SANCCOB -
pretty quickly.

Each penguin is washed by hand - it takes two people about half an
hour to get the oil off and another half an hour to get the detergent
out of their feathers. That's a long time with a ticked-off penguin!

There are a couple of pictures and a link to their site here:
http://pengcognito.com/penguindiary.php
(just search for "SANCCOB")

Plus more pictures here:
http://pengcognito.com/sanccob.php

And the SANCCOB site is here:
http://www.sanccob.co.za/

They are really a great organization!

/jen
--
http://pengcognito.com - weekly penguin cartoon

I thought you might be interested in the newsletter I received about Phillip
Island and the Little Blue Penguins.

Keep on Waddlin'!

Caroline Bittinger


From: "Phillip Island Nature Park" <bncd_pfd978.18@pfnews>
To: "Caroline Bittinger" <cfbittinger@...>
Subject: Penguin Foundation Members Update - September Edition
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:19:35 +0800

Penguin Foundation turns 1

It is an exciting time for the Penguin Foundation with two very important
events coming up. The Penguin Foundation will have its first birthday on
29th September and we are also very near to our 1000th membership mark.
Quite a feat in just 12 months!
Help us reach 1000 members by 29th September by spreading the word and
ensuring that more people Adopt a Little Penguin so we can continue to help
them survive.
See enclosed for more details.

Penguin News

Find out what your little penguin is up to..

It is an exciting time for the Penguin Foundation with two very important
events coming up. The Penguin Foundation will have its first birthday on
29th September and we are also very near to our 1000th membership mark.
Quite a feat in just 12 months!
Help us reach 1000 members by 29th September by spreading the word and
ensuring that more people Adopt a Little Penguin so we can continue to help
them survive.
See enclosed for more details.

A happy ending for two little penguins

During June, a Little Penguin named Crimson was found near Wilson's
Promontory, on the southern tip of Victoria with a badly injured flipper and
has spent a long time recuperating in our Wildlife Hospital. Crimson had to
undergo surgery to fix her flipper so she can swim properly again.

Her wound was cut opened and resewn so the feathers fit back together to
ensure her coat was waterproof once again.

Another Little Penguin named Green, (after the ribbon we tie on his flipper
in hospital), had an unfortunate incident where he was found strangled by
native vegetation near his burrow on Phillip Island. Green suffered a
bruised neck and was unable to go fishing whilst recovering. Green and
Crimson were released together on Summerland Beach just over a week ago and
are now happily swimming around in Bass Strait once again. The Wildlife
Hospital treated and cared for 128 Little Penguins during 2005-06. Penguins
were mostly treated for severe dehydration and starvation. Foxes and cats
also play a big role in penguins being injured and oil spills contribute to
a very complex rehabilitation process. Proceeds from the Foundation ensure
that we can give Little Penguins the best care possible.

Big number of little penguins

Did you know
that the home of your little penguin, the penguin parade has recorded its
highest number of penguins coming ashore in 10 years

Researchers have confirmed that for every night in 2005-06 an average 650
Little Penguins waddled ashore as part of their ancient natural ritual, 200
more than last year and the most since 1995.

Every night Rangers at the Penguin Parade count the number of Little
Penguins coming ashore Summerland Beach which allows a direct comparison
year-on-year. Our team of scientists are world renowned in their Little
Penguin research. Our Research Manager, Dr Peter Dann told us:

"The increase in penguin numbers coming ashore at the Penguin Parade is a
very good indication there was plenty of food around northern Bass Strait.
This year was also a better than average breeding season in terms of the
numbers of chicks fledged per breeding pair - the highest average for 36
years.

This year penguins have not had to go a long way out to sea to feed. Having
food at such close range allows penguins to make more fishing trips to feed
their chicks and as a consequence they come ashore more often."

Penguin Foundation Supporters

The Penguin Foundation welcomes Slide Design as a new Sponsor.
The Italian light manufacturer has designed a cute penguin lamp which will
be launched across Europe during September 2006. A percentage of the lamps
proceeds will go to the Foundation to help your Little Penguin.

The penguin lamp is called KoKo and you can read all about the KoKo journey
and release on www.kokodesign.it

Kids Corner

Kids Parade

Around fifty Victorian school children joined Victorian Premier Steve Bracks
and Olympian Grant Hacket, at the launch of the 12th FINA World
Championships at Federation Square in Melbourne on Wednesday 26th July.

Phillip Island`s most famous animal, the Little Penguin, was chosen as the
mascot for the Event, and the kids were invited to dress up and "parade"
into the atrium behind the Premier for the launch event.

Phillip Island`s famous Penguin Parade was recreated at Melbourne`s
Federation Square for the occasion. `Penny` is the official name of the
Penguin mascot that will be the face of the Melbourne 2007 Championships
(March 17 - April 1 2007).

Tickets go on sale October 16. For more information visit
www.melbourne2007.com.au

Hey Group!

I have attached the information for my little blue fairy.  Also, earlier
today I saw a show on Animal Planet called Wildlife Journals.  I don't know
how many of you are familiar with the channel or the show, but they did a
segment on the African penguins affected by the massive oil spill that
happened in June, 2000.  It was very interesting.  If you get a chance, you
should definitely watch it.  They talked about the two major organization
involved in the rescue effort, Southern African Foundation for the
Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCOB) and International Fund for Animal
Welfare (IFAW).  For those of you interested it will be on, again, Sept. 26,
2006 at 7:00 a.m. EST.  Another show you might be interested in would be the
Sept. 25, 2006, episode of Barking Mad which will air at 8:30 a.m. EST (a
good opportunity to set your VCR).  They will be doing a segment on  zoo
keepers devising new ways for zoo penguins to entertain themselves.  Hope
this helps.

Keep on Waddlin'!

Caroline Flynn-Bittinger



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Italian raises penguin alarm

  Birds "silent" victims of climate change and pollution (ANSA) - Rome,
September 12 - An Italian expert has warned that the world's penguin
population is a "silent" victim of climate change and other human-made
threats. Fabrizio Carbone, a nature journalist who has just written a book
about the flightless birds, says penguin numbers are falling at a constant
and alarming rate .

They are under fire from the fishing industry, oil spillages and other forms
of marine pollution, habitat loss, and the effects of global warming and
melting ice caps, he says .

As a result, five of the 17 penguin species are 'endangered', which means
they are facing a high risk of extinction in the near future, or
'vulnerable', with a high risk of extinction in the medium-term .

"The silent victims of this complex environmental situation are the four
species that live in Antarctica - the emperor, Adelie, chinstrap and
macaroni penguins," he said .

"Then we have the species that populate other parts of the southern
hemisphere. Almost all of them are at the point of no return .

"The conservation classifications put them one step away from the various
'red' lists of species that, from now on, are in danger of extinction" .

Since penguins spend about half of their time at sea looking for food, all
of the species are affected by over-fishing and run the risk of getting
tangled in nets and drowning .

Pollution and climate change are disrupting the aquatic birds' breeding and
feeding grounds, with warmer currents driving away prey .

The greenhouse effect is eating away at the habitats of the Antarctic
penguins too .

"The ice of the Antarctic is melting faster than at any other time in our
planet's history, which is billions of years long," Carbone said. The
journalist also pointed out that the survival of one of the rarest species,
New Zealand's yellow-eyed penguin, is in peril because of predators like
weasels, dogs and cats. These predators did not exist in the birds' natural
environment until man introduced them .

thanks for the credit.  methinks i should follow my own leads further.

meanwhile the message left me happier while hearing the beginning of the
remembering 911 ritual which reopens my old mixed feelings.  so i went
on a penguin 911 search for more relief.

one good result - a new happy penguin site that happens to have 911 in
their name:   http://www.soft911.com/find/penguin.html
<http://www.soft911.com/find/penguin.html>           i haven't yet tried
to figure out if you have to pay for the downloads.

i also found a slightly old review of a penguin clock that looks cute
and can be bought from the website people:
http://www.miniclock.com/store/product_reviews_info.php?products_id=1008\
&reviews_id=20
<http://www.miniclock.com/store/product_reviews_info.php?products_id=100\
8&reviews_id=20>

i also came on some penguin music i had found in my earlier efforts -
perhaps because of the totally unacceptable title of  'don't be a
penguin'.  i couldn't get the sample to play so i'll have to look for it
elsewhere.  mere's the mp3 link:
http://www.mp3.com/albums/208594/summary.html
<http://www.mp3.com/albums/208594/summary.html>

one more reference that doesn't merit a pic or link.  i found a picture
of a building of complex in los angeles called penguin towers: does
anybody know anything about it.  [no relation to fawlty towers i presume
- which reminds me i found a grainy version of monty python,s exploding
penguin somewhere - i'll look for the source or send the video itself on
request.

having wandered that way, i'll go back to my theme to close.   i found a
photoshopped pic of penquins saving a human from the sea and ice.  it
wasn't quite as good as i liked but when i did it negative it gained
something.  so i submit it with some vague thoughts about penguins being
more likely to save the world then humans

peace







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Not so long ago, Barry posted information about a penguin adoption
website through Phillip Island.  Well, they were having a
competition to win your very own penguin for a year and I won!  I
actually won several weeks ago, but didn't want to notify the group
in case it wasn't for real, but I just received my information in
the mail.  It includes a fact sheet, an adoption certificate and a
photo with a thank you card of my very own penguin.  I have my very
own Little Blue (Fairy) Penguin for a whole year.  I'm so excited,
I've been showing everyone!  Thanks for the info.  If you are
interested in the competition or would like to sponsor your own
penguin go to http://www.penguinfoundation.org.au .  Now I just need
to win the lottery so I can take some really needed time to go down
to Australia to visit my pengiun!

Keep on Waddlin'!

Caroline

Also, if anyone is interested, I could scan the paperwork that was
sent to me and pass it on to the group.  Just let me know.  Take
care.

Hello friends:

   [:D]  Today was approved the following member:

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Comment from our new member: Penguin Greetings! My name is Laurie and I
am in love with penguins . . .looking for a place to share my
adorable/funny penguin finds with fellow penguinistas. Cheers! -Laurie .
08/11/2006
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Laurie,  welcome to the our club, I hope to see your participation
soon!

Regards,
Rodolfo




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i've been quiet lately - as have most penguinlover types.  but bob
saget's plan to rip off march of the penguins has had me fuming for a
while.  so when my   penguin search led me to a comment on his new
'satire', i finally let a little out.  here's how to find the real
thing:
http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/08/08/tv-personalities-take-on-the-penguins/\
1#c1887451
<http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/08/08/tv-personalities-take-on-the-penguins\
/1#c1887451>

and my words of wisdom or at least pengophilia

Saget has been unfunny in a wide variety of settings. The closest he
cames was on the CBS morning show long ago. Each new try leaves me less
wanting to watch him.

Now he decides it would be hollywood funny to take on an absolutely
special movie about my favorite creature. I live for well done satire
and cynicism but I am offended by this. Penguins have always been easy
to laugh with - so there's no show of brilliance in his finding the
object of satire here. And the picture was so special that picking it as
his object sounds more like ripping off the popular for the sake of
dollar. I'd be a lot more impressed by his attempting a truly funny film
about important problems in the world, eg real humor on the issues
raised by michael moore or al gore's issues. global warming in fact
affects penguins. But i suspect Bob Saget is unconcerned about this or
any other real problem facing penguins and won't feel the least
compunction to share the riches he receives off penguins with them
barry benefield
oklahoma
bwbenefield@...



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i've been quiet lately - as have most penguinlover types.  but bob
saget's plan to rip off march of the penguins has had me fuming for a
while.  so when my   penguin search led me to a comment on his new
'satire', i finally let a little out.  here's how to find the real
thing:
http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/08/08/tv-personalities-take-on-the-penguins/\
1#c1887451
<http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/08/08/tv-personalities-take-on-the-penguins\
/1#c1887451>

and my words of wisdom or at least pengophilia

Saget has been unfunny in a wide variety of settings. The closest he
cames was on the CBS morning show long ago. Each new try leaves me less
wanting to watch him.

Now he decides it would be hollywood funny to take on an absolutely
special movie about my favorite creature. I live for well done satire
and cynicism but I am offended by this. Penguins have always been easy
to laugh with - so there's no show of brilliance in his finding the
object of satire here. And the picture was so special that picking it as
his object sounds more like ripping off the popular for the sake of
dollar. I'd be a lot more impressed by his attempting a truly funny film
about important problems in the world, eg real humor on the issues
raised by michael moore or al gore's issues. global warming in fact
affects penguins. But i suspect Bob Saget is unconcerned about this or
any other real problem facing penguins and won't feel the least
compunction to share the riches he receives off penguins with them
barry benefield
oklahoma
bwbenefield@...



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I've bought from this company before.  In the US they just go by
http://www.cafepress.com.


From: "Brad and Risa Burgess" <bradandrisa@...>
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-------Original Message-------

From: the Little Penguin
Date: 07/18/06 12:26:21
To: bradandrisa@...
Subject: Celebrate a birthday, adopt a penguin and more


July 14, 2006 the Little Penguin Wine Times Volume 6, Issue 1
Having trouble reading this email? View here.


Fellow Party Penguin,
Summer is half way over and while other penguins might be enjoying their
icebergs, the Little Penguin is enjoying his sun down under with his fellow
party penguins. As always, this busy bird is preparing for some fun and
exciting new treats to help everyone enjoy the summer fun.
  Chillin' and Grillin' with the Little Penguin White Shiraz!
Summer is a time for good friends, good food and definitely good wine. For
those interested in a refreshing summer drink that doesn't come from a can,
a deliciously chilled glass of the Little Penguin White Shiraz pairs nicely
with just about anything thrown on the grill, from Dover Sole to Turkey
Burgers. Whether you're throwing the party of the century, or kicking back
in your air conditioned living room, the Little Penguin White Shiraz will
make it memorable. Don't be fooled by its demure blush—this White Shiraz is
flavorful and strong, yet finishes crisp and clean. Sweet, flirty and just a
little bit cheeky, this Little Penguin may have you reconsidering what makes
you blush!
Win Your Own Adopted
Little Penguin!
the Little Penguin is on a mission to protect and preserve the real-life
Little Penguins of Phillip Island in South East Australia. The carefree
Little Penguin on the bottle is widely known for living life to the fullest,
and he wants to be sure every one of his fellow feathered friends can do the
same.
Visit www.adopt.thelittlepenguin.com now and enter for your chance to
receive a real-life adopted Little Penguin.
One new lucky winner will be selected from a fresh pool of entries every day
for the next 365 days, so sign up daily to increase your chances! Then at
the end of the contest, one proud parent will be chosen to receive The
Ultimate Penguin Party, an all-expense-paid blowout event for up to 50
people in their hometown. Get ready to party like a penguin! And don't
forget to spread the word to family and friends to "adopt" their own penguin
so these lovely and beautiful birds can continue to exist. Proceeds from the
adoptions will go directly to the Penguin Foundation in Victoria, Australia.
It's Time for a Birthday Celebration!
the Little Penguin is growing up and just keeps getting better with age! The
fun-loving Little Penguin is always eager to come up with new, exciting ways
to share all the fun and has created a limited-edition "Celebration Pack" in
honor of his second birthday. Look closely at these decorative bottles and
you can see just how much the Little Penguin has grown over the past two
years!
Hitting stores just in September, these uniquely designed bottles are the
perfect accent to any celebration. the Little Penguin Celebration Packs will
have a limited run so be sure to pick some up while supplies last!
the Littlest Penguin Chix Pax
Get ready gals: the Little Penguin has introduced the newest, and tiniest,
addition to his colony: the easily tote-able, irresistibly grabable, the
Little Penguin Chix Pax. Featuring the same great fruit-forward,
bold-flavored wines, the Little Penguin Chix Pax consist of Baby Penguin
“chick”-size, single-serving screw-cap bottles packed four to a brightly
colored carrying case. By adding the element of portability to its hallmark
accessibility, the Little Penguin Chix Pax have essentially given wing to
the party spirit and created a fresh way to look at wine that fits women’s
lifestyles. Let these littlest penguins add an element of style and fun to
any occasion.


Wine Spectator - Daily Wine Pick
85 pts - Cabernet Sauvignon 2004
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LITTLE BLUE NEWS ERRATA EDITION

1-6[1/2] June 5, 2006

Do penguins blush? How about pengophiles? This is a short edition to
prove that this pengophile does.



The link i provided yesterday to get you to my collection of penguin
animations was wrong. If you followed it you got to a collection of
nonpenguin videos. They were special to me but my purpose was to make
some 120 penguin animations available to the world. The right link is:

http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i148/bwendo/
<http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i148/bwendo/>



I also want to remind you of the supersite that was providing animations
to the world for longer than I've known how to find them, Mony's
Curry and Potluck. It's still alive and extremely well.

http://monyscurry.com/index.htm <http://monyscurry.com/index.htm>







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:-)  Hello friends:

Today was approved the following member:

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    jkpingouin

Comment from user: Penguins are my favorite animal...I have a yahoo
360 page dedicated to
them

pingouin@............ June 07, 2006

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Friend jkpingouin ,  welcome to the our club.   I hope to see your
participation soon!

Regards,
Rodolfo

LITTLE BLUE NEWS SPECIAL



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does the new member know of the most famous portuguese penguin collector
of all - anna frias

--- In penguinsparadise@yahoogroups.com, rodocotofleto_pinguinete
<no_reply@...> wrote:
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> [:D] Hello friends:
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> Today was approved the following member:
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> filipa45ro
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> Comment from user: im a portuguese collector
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> filipa45ro@ April 30, 2006
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> Friend filipa45ro, welcome to the our club. I hope to see your
> participation soon!
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> Regards,
> Rodolfo
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[:D]  Hello friends:

Today was approved the following member:

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    filipa45ro

Comment from user: im a portuguese collector

filipa45ro@............ April 30, 2006

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Friend filipa45ro,  welcome to the our club.   I hope to see your
participation soon!

Regards,
Rodolfo

LITTLE BLUE NEWS

1-5 may 9, 2006 - a good day to live.



a probably littler and maybe technically bluer edition. unfortunately
some of the links are really long url's and you may have to cut and
paste to get to them. If that doesn't work write and I'll try to make a
real link for you



groups

the pengie crib. A new yahoo group started up by a sincere penguin
lover. i admit no disloyalty to my other groups but hope you appreciate
the chance to `get in on the ground floor' of this effort. maybe this
will produce some new energy to benefit us all.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pengiecrib/
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pengiecrib/>



special sites

the love story - tassi penguin and scalawag q. scribble. The most
amazing animated funny penguin love story site. It was started as a
collective but got bogged down years ago but its still neat.

   http://penguin.ourfamily.com <http://penguin.ourfamily.com/>



scatology

today i must deal with the issue that not even march of the penguins
confronted but retain my g rating. in science and film i seek to answer
the question: `what do penguins do without dumpsters?'



the science

"how do penguins go without ever leaving? - scottish health pamphlet
offers tips on the art of doing your business.' canadians report that
with the scots they are ready to deal with real penguin issues.

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=0bc21842-2601-4654\
-aa1b-b63ba28ab534&k=79152



the film:

`penguin credits' - a short altogether pleasant first effort by a youg
filmaker who deals with the issue without pandering to our baser
instincts

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=625\
816408&n=2



and a little night music to finish the day

its hard to be a penguin' - a maybe russian guitarist who calls himself
the penguin repeats the lament musically. actually its neatly goofy -
the beverly hillbillies do moscow

http://vinyl.pl.ru/music/penguin.htm
<http://vinyl.pl.ru/music/penguin.htm>



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