penguin buriels (4)
ladyfingers: Subject: Penguin Burials
Did you ever wonder why no one has ever found a dead penguin on the ice in Antarctica? What happens to them? Certainly, sometimes they must expire on land, yet we never see them!
Well, wonder no more! It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which, given its environment and surroundings, lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is also very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as having a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout the youngster's life.
If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle will dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and pecking with their beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into, and then buried using the ice to cover the bird.
The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing:
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"Freeze a jolly good fellow!"
Did you ever wonder why no one has ever found a dead penguin on the ice in Antarctica? What happens to them? Certainly, sometimes they must expire on land, yet we never see them!
Well, wonder no more! It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which, given its environment and surroundings, lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is also very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as having a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout the youngster's life.
If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle will dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and pecking with their beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into, and then buried using the ice to cover the bird.
The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing:
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"Freeze a jolly good fellow!"
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jeepers: You had me going there for a minute girl !
ME TOO! God I had tears in my eyes....I guess the Palar Bear does the Eulogy.....GOT ME.....
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This was getting interesting.
Thanks all the same.
Thanks all the same.
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Did you ever wonder why no one has ever found a dead penguin on the ice in Antarctica? What happens to them? Certainly, sometimes they must expire on land, yet we never see them!
Well, wonder no more! It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which, given its environment and surroundings, lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is also very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as having a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout the youngster's life.
If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle will dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and pecking with their beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into, and then buried using the ice to cover the bird.
The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing:
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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"Freeze a jolly good fellow!"