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You said it! Once upon a time, working in Mississippi, my coleague, a retired Chief Petty Officer who had served for a time in the US Navy in Antarctica, warned me to NEVER, ever, walk behind, or chase a penguin. He described it as being like a fire hose stream, just on a smaller scale. If you chase them, they go down on their bellies and slide away from you, using flipper-assissted "jet thrust". Who knows HOW true that story really was, but I'll never try it.
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I remember years ago we were in Boston seeing the sights and went to the aquarium...i wanted to see penquins...so i am looking around for them and all of a sudden i turned a corner and they (and their deposits) were all over the place...i got to see my penquins.
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I’ll ask the wife about penguin habits as she was also in Antarctica helping to clean up the environmental mess created by the US govt.
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I asked the wife about her penguin experience. She said the rookeries smelled really bad but penguins didn't seem dirty, as they were in the water a lot. Standard procedure involved a lecture on the plane going in saying, in part, not to interact with or disturb the penguins, so she never followed one. But she said one broke away from a nearby group and started following her as she went about her job.
I have no penguin stamps, but here's a block of four of Byrd Antarctic Expedition II, US Scott #753.. Sorry for the blurry image. I thought I had a plate block of six, but can't find it (or more likely I imagined it). Oh, it was the souvenir sheet...Oh well, I have that somewhere.
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Several Years ago, while on a cruise, my wife I had the opportunity to visit the Falkland Islands. While there we took a tour to visit a penguin colony. It was a three-hour drive from Stanley; an hour and half on a dirt road and another hour and a half across the tundra. After fording a river and driving another 15 minutes we arrived at a beach head where we were delighted by sharing the beach with approximately 10,000 penguins. There were Kings, Chinstraps, and Magellanics. As penguin fans we were delighted to be able to walk among the birds who seemingly accepted the fact that we were there without protest.
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Beautiful Stamp !
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It's one of my all time favorites.
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Just think..some of Shackletons stranded crew had to live on a steady diet of Penguin for weeks or months. I bet they never ordered it when they got back home.
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Shackleton was an amazing guy. He personifies persistence.
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I agree, i read Endurance, he said he would bring everyone back alive and he did.
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I like penquins (i have a couple of binders of them) although their toilet habits can be a bit casual. so i like them but i thought this cover was a bit over the top.
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You said it! Once upon a time, working in Mississippi, my coleague, a retired Chief Petty Officer who had served for a time in the US Navy in Antarctica, warned me to NEVER, ever, walk behind, or chase a penguin. He described it as being like a fire hose stream, just on a smaller scale. If you chase them, they go down on their bellies and slide away from you, using flipper-assissted "jet thrust". Who knows HOW true that story really was, but I'll never try it.
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I remember years ago we were in Boston seeing the sights and went to the aquarium...i wanted to see penquins...so i am looking around for them and all of a sudden i turned a corner and they (and their deposits) were all over the place...i got to see my penquins.
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I’ll ask the wife about penguin habits as she was also in Antarctica helping to clean up the environmental mess created by the US govt.
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I asked the wife about her penguin experience. She said the rookeries smelled really bad but penguins didn't seem dirty, as they were in the water a lot. Standard procedure involved a lecture on the plane going in saying, in part, not to interact with or disturb the penguins, so she never followed one. But she said one broke away from a nearby group and started following her as she went about her job.
I have no penguin stamps, but here's a block of four of Byrd Antarctic Expedition II, US Scott #753.. Sorry for the blurry image. I thought I had a plate block of six, but can't find it (or more likely I imagined it). Oh, it was the souvenir sheet...Oh well, I have that somewhere.
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Several Years ago, while on a cruise, my wife I had the opportunity to visit the Falkland Islands. While there we took a tour to visit a penguin colony. It was a three-hour drive from Stanley; an hour and half on a dirt road and another hour and a half across the tundra. After fording a river and driving another 15 minutes we arrived at a beach head where we were delighted by sharing the beach with approximately 10,000 penguins. There were Kings, Chinstraps, and Magellanics. As penguin fans we were delighted to be able to walk among the birds who seemingly accepted the fact that we were there without protest.
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Beautiful Stamp !
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Philb,
It's one of my all time favorites.
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Just think..some of Shackletons stranded crew had to live on a steady diet of Penguin for weeks or months. I bet they never ordered it when they got back home.
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Shackleton was an amazing guy. He personifies persistence.
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I agree, i read Endurance, he said he would bring everyone back alive and he did.
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