Friday, March 12, 2010

Things that make you go Huh?

This is a picture my daughter sent me because she knows of my love for penguins.

King Penguins are notorious for their prim, tuxedoed appearance -- but a recently discovered all-black penguin seems unafraid to defy convention. In what has been described as a "one in a zillion kind of mutation," biologists say that the animal has lost control of its pigmentation, an occurrence that is extremely rare. Other than the penguin's monochromatic outfit, the animal appears to be perfectly healthy -- and then some. "Look at the size of those legs," said one scientist, "It's an absolute monster."

The under-dressed penguin was photographed by Andrew Evans of National Geographic on the island of South Georgia near Antarctica.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cool! My boss is a penguin lover, too...

Me (aka Danielle) said...

Very Cool!

He looks proud of it too! That's the way to be!

Colleen - the AmAzINg Mrs. B said...

What a rebel..everyone should own a 'little black dress'..uh..tux!