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Why Do Penguins Wear Tuxedos?

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Artists rendition of Inkayacu paracasensis There are 17 living species of penguins, which make up their own Linnean family (Spheniscidae), which is the only family in the order Sphenisciformes. You may think of penguins as cold-adapted and they are, but there are penguins living in temperate and tropical areas as well.

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We have been a problem for ALL animals for more than 10,000 years, and now we have polluted the earth so bad that flowers are blooming in Antartica, just image your children in the future asking “Dad/mom what’s a penguin?” submitted by /u/Brunard0 [link] [comments]

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The Top 5 Avian Ambassadors of Costa Rica

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Penguins would need on site-freezers or other forms of strict climate control, and who would keep the Corvids from playing tricks and getting out of control? Even if the birds could speak like humans, their instincts would still come into constant play. The Rufous-naped Wren is a very animated, common species in Costa Rica.

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Birding the “Utterly Peaceful Moorland” – Sumapaz NP Colombia

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Aleksandar started birdwatching when he was 10, after a face-to-face encounter with an Erect-crested penguin. What’s more, they host quite a number of endemics, both animal and plant. The whole landscape seemed like something from a Jules Verne novel with weird-looking plants and strange creatures never gazed upon by human eyes.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology. Princeton Univ.

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Celebrate Mother’s Day!

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Not just the human kind? In the Womb: Extreme Animals is premiering just in time to celebrate Mother’s day! This episode takes a look at four very different animals; the Lemon Shark, Emperor Penguins, Red Kangaroos, and Parasitic Wasps. In The Womb Animals! Want to celebrate all the mothers?

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

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The six chapters that follow explore bird communication in mating; defending territory; rearing children; responding to predators; interacting with neighbors and functioning in large groups; and communicating successfully in a noisy human world. There is so much here! How do they know?