Adorablog

Unglaublich!

by Martini-Corona, concerning the matter of Penguins

Family of penguins in lederhosen originally found, inexplicably, here. Perhaps the German children's classic Gregor oder Wohin die Träume tragen (Gebundene Ausgabe) [plot synopsis in English] will illuminate the situation.

Well-dressed, short, wants fish for room service

by oboreruhito, concerning the matter of Penguins

AP: Jackie, a South African penguin, walks past children in the lobby of The Peabody hotel Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, in Little Rock, Ark. The bird and her keeper, from the Fort Worth Zoo, visited Little Rock to participate in a fundraiser ball to bring more South African penguins to the Little Rock Zoo.

Penguin sweater update!

by C. Fernsebner, concerning the matter of Crafts, Penguins

Since we first covered the Penguin Jumpers Project in November, we've come across a few more pictures of Australia's fairy penguins in their cozy new sweaters at Buffoonery.org and Factmonster.com. We won't be sated until we can hug them ourselves.

Cute Antarctica

by C. Fernsebner, concerning the matter of Penguins

Cool Antarctica: "Newly born Weddell seal pups have to be some of the worlds cutest creatures as they flop about the ice in the early days after their birth, not able to co-ordinate their over-sized flippers before they grow into them." See also: lone penguin walking off in a huff; Adelie penguin chick covered in mud; elephant seals being lazy together; watching boiling-hot water freeze in midair; playing peek-a-boo with young fur seals:

This particular seal followed me for about 20 minutes or so as we played a game of peek-a-boo, him in the sea and me behind the rocks. He might look a bit manic, but it was all great fun.

I'd hide behind a rock and he's wander up and down making the pouff-pouff sound then I'd jump out from the rock and he'd leap into the sea in mock panic. A couple of powerful strokes of the flippers and he'd turn back round, shoot out of the sea and land virtually at my feet - my turn to leap away in (not always mock) panic.

Penguin update: fitness, theft

by C. Fernsebner, concerning the matter of Penguins

AP: Penguins stand very still in winter, need exercise. (Video at Channel4.com.)

BBC: Baby penguin named Toga stolen from zoo, reward offered for return. "The penguin's mother is said to be pining for him... Zoo staff believe the popularity of the film March of the Penguins may have inspired the crime."

Christmas Penguins

by C. Fernsebner, concerning the matter of Penguins

Me: I ended up buying Christmas cards at Bob Slate. Minimal ones with letterpressed penguins.
Paper Source employee / friend: Penguins are our thing this year.
Me: Penguins are everyone's thing right now.

Penguin-shaped topiary with Christmas lights at Nagoya Station, from Purprin (Flickr).

How to knit a sweater FOR A WEE PENGUIN

by C. Fernsebner, concerning the matter of Crafts, Penguins

The Tasmanian Conservation Trust's Penguin Jumpers Project: "Over 15,000 jumpers were collected, which will be stored in Oil Spill Response Kits around Tasmania. In the case of a major oil spill, these jumpers will be used to help rehabilitate Little penguins (Eudyptula minor) that have been oil affected." (Via Chaos Theory and Extreme Craft.)

PENGUINS = CUTE
SWEATERS = CUTE
PENGUINS = TINY

By the substitution and transitive properties of adorableness,

PENGUINS + SWEATERS + TINY = CUTE X 3

CUTE!!!! (factorial factorial factorial factorial)

Naptime in Antarctica

by C. Fernsebner, concerning the matter of Penguins

Is there anything comfier than a fuzzy baby penguin under a fat grownup penguin? We doubt it.

Photograph from BrynJ on Flickr. Antarctic M also has awesome penguin pictures. They both live on an ice shelf.

Rabbit in moon has new friend

by C. Fernsebner, concerning the matter of Penguins, Technological Advances

Most Adorable Headline of August (how did we miss this?): Robotic space penguin to hop across the Moon.

Pro: "Engineers at US defence contractor Raytheon, in Massachusetts, have developed a robot, dubbed the Lunar Penguin, that could one day bounce across perilous craters and imposing mountains on the Moon's craggy surface using a set of compact rocket boosters."

Con: It doesn't actually look like a penguin at all.

All hail Colonel Penguin!

by unsinn, concerning the matter of Penguins

Lance-Corporal Nils Olaf, a penguin, has recently been promoted to Colonel-in-Chief in the Norwegian Army. Some choice reporting on the matter:

"Major Nils Egelien from the Norwegian Royal Guard Association said: "Colonel in chief because all the reports speak about his very, very good behaviour, and the service in this garden."

"He was also given two medals - one to mark his new rank, and one for good service.

But because he's so small, he can only wear one of them at a time!"

"A Norwegian army spokesman said: 'The highest rank available is general, so one day, who knows? The sky is the limit for Olav.'"

Video of Penguin Col. Olav inspecting the troops can be seen here.