Friday, January 20, 2023

Fabulous Friday: National Penguin Awareness Day






 Spo, the dear, pointed out to me that today is National Penguin Awareness Day There is a panel of people who consider proposals for the national day of, you can sponsor a national day.  

Fortunately for us, someone has recognized the importance of our fine feathered flightless friendly waterfowl.  Penguins are native to the southern hemisphere, some are cold water birds, some are temperate water birds.  In Brazil they sometimes post signs on the beach reminding people to not put penguins in the refrigerator.  

In nature you will never see polar bears and penguins in the same place.  Polar Bears live in the wilds of the northern hemisphere, penguins in the south.  Bears probably like penguins, as a nice oily snack.  Early explorers in Antarctica sometime ate penguins, reports are they found it fatty and fishy.  Not terribly good. 

We have found that the inanimate variety make perfect house pets.  We do have one that regularly demands to go to Paris, Little Bob the Diva.  

Travel continues to be our adventure companion, fabulous plans again this year.  For this special holiday, he is in Tucson, Arizona, a little dry here for a flightless water fowl.   

16 comments:

  1. I know that neighborhood (and our terrace)!

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    1. A little walk over to the beach

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  2. "reports are they found it fatty and fishy. Not terribly good." Thanks heavens, we don't need to be eating them...they are too cute and comical. I do worry about the cold weather variety along with the Polar bears. What and where do they go with all the melting of ice???

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    1. Come live with you, turn down the AC

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  3. Love the bird!!! 🐧🐧🐧

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  4. Travel Penguin gets around! In Canada, the CIBC bank has a whole series of ads with a penguin (and his family) going on exotic trips thanks to their CIBC Visa travel points.

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    1. Some penguins love to travel.

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  5. I hope he enjoys Tucson! It's a little colder than it should be but it is a change of pace. My friends Julie and Dave just returned from 14 days aboard a small boat in Antartica. They have sent me lots of penguin pictures.

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    1. It is pretty here, a little cool but it is the dead of winter. Probably easier for a penguin than July

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  6. How, or why, one would eat a penguin is beyond me!

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  7. Ha, I should have known but I did not know penguins are only found in the southern hemisphere. They are funny birds to watch and we have rather a lot of them near us.

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  8. When Penguins is mention I think of penguin on Batman played by Adam West. But the penguin was played by Meredith Burgess.
    Coffee is on and stay safe

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    1. Most penguins are not evil vilans, most not all

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  9. Happy Penguin Day !

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