Messages in this thread |  | | From | Bill Bogstad <> | Subject | OFFTOPIC: for lovers of penguins... | Date | Tue, 31 Dec 1996 11:41:44 -0500 |
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A relative who occassionally makes trips to Antarctica and has seen his share of penguins forwarded me the following...
>Here is one I think you'all can relate too. > >A Mexican newspaper reports that bored Royal Air Force pilots stationed on >the Falkland Islands have devised what they consider a marvelous new game. >Noting that the local penguins are fascinated by airplanes, the pilots >search out a beach where the birds are gathered and fly slowly along it at >the water's edge. Perhaps ten thousand penguins turn their heads in unison >watching the planes go by, and when the pilots turn around and fly back, the >birds turn their heads in the opposite direction, like spectators at a >slow-motion tennis match. Then, the paper reports, "The pilots fly out to >sea and directly to the penguin colony and over fly it. Heads go up, up, >up, and ten thousand penguins fall over gently onto their backs." > --Audubon Society Magazine
Bill Bogstad bogstad@cs.jhu.edu
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