Critter News

AUGUST 15, 2008

Nils Olav, a king penguin on the Norwegian King's Guard , was bestowed a knighthood for simultaneously defusing an IED while taking out a machine gun in Iraq. For the King's Guard was about to award a knighthood to what was already the world's most decorated penguin The King's Guard has adopted the penguin at the zoo.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2013

When dealing with competitors on the beach they adopt a wings out position known as the beachmaster, similar to what I saw these squabbling birds doing out at sea. On land their diet is dominated bu birds, predominately penguins. In fact the Norther Giant Petrels I saw at Kaikoura seemed very prone to fighting!

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Let us start with some of the cheaters in the A-Team – the ones just adopting the name of a continent to get into this post. Are you still with me? Like the Australian Ringneck (Alice Springs, Australia). A minor variation is a name starting with Australasian, as in Australasian Darter (Brisbane, Australia).

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The style has been adopted enthusiastically by contemporary craft brewers, so there are a lot of creative variations out there on the delicious but austere originals. The next limited edition beer in the series is Penguin Pale Ale, which will be launched at a public event at the brewery on September 29th.

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