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Flying Penguins Found By BBC Programme (Amazing Photos)
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4-1-2008 | Neil Midgley

Posted on 03/31/2008 6:36:35 PM PDT by blam

Flying penguins found by BBC programme

By Neil Midgley, TV & Radio Editor
Last Updated: 1:45am BST 01/04/2008

The BBC will today screen remarkable footage of penguins flying as part of its new natural history series, Miracles of Evolution.

Camera crews discovered a colony of Adélie penguins while filming on King George Island, some 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands.

The programme is being presented by ex-Monty Python star Terry Jones, who said: "We'd been watching the penguins and filming them for days, without a hint of what was to come.

"But then the weather took a turn for the worse. It was quite amazing. Rather than getting together in a huddle to protect themselves from the cold, they did something quite unexpected, that no other penguins can do."

BBC1 viewers will see the penguins not only take flight from the Antarctic wastes, but fly thousands of miles to the Amazonian rainforest to find winter sun.

"The film reveals nature's stunning glory in exciting and unexpected ways, so much so that it defies belief," said Mr Jones.

"Not only does it create a vivid and emotional experience for the viewer, it also illustrates just how bold and simple Darwin's idea of natural selection was."


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aprilfool; bbc; flying; godsgravesglyphs; penguins
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To: SeafoodGumbo

Fantastic video of the painting elephant. Thanks for posting it.


41 posted on 03/31/2008 7:20:58 PM PDT by YepYep
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To: blam

Hey, don’t feel bad. It’s April 1st somewhere (although not there, I think).


42 posted on 03/31/2008 7:21:25 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck)
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To: blam
I guess if pigs can fly so can penguins.
43 posted on 03/31/2008 7:22:23 PM PDT by fish hawk (The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
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To: urabus

Excellent, LOL


44 posted on 03/31/2008 7:24:28 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: blam

It is 12:00 a.m. April 1st somewhere, so do not be surprised.


45 posted on 03/31/2008 7:26:05 PM PDT by pennboricua
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To: Eagles6

Check the date on the byline of the article.


46 posted on 03/31/2008 7:27:52 PM PDT by coloradan (The US is becoming a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: blam
April fools joke? Nawwwwww


47 posted on 03/31/2008 7:29:21 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (This election is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if McCain wins, we’re still retarded.)
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To: blam

Dude, you have been busted...


48 posted on 03/31/2008 7:30:04 PM PDT by TheBattman (LORD God, please give us a Christian Patriot with a backbone for President in 08, Amen.)
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To: blam

Uh huh.
Some have actually made it as far north as Arizona.
I’ve seen them by the thousands.
A little known fact is that penguins like heat more than cold.


49 posted on 03/31/2008 7:30:30 PM PDT by smoketree (the insanity, the lunacy these days)
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To: blam

Not that I’m taking sides in the Big FR Debates, but I wonder what effect tying evolution to April Fools’ Day would have on the public. ;)


50 posted on 03/31/2008 7:32:12 PM PDT by Lonely Bull
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To: urabus

I’ve seen them as far north as Arizona.


51 posted on 03/31/2008 7:34:14 PM PDT by smoketree (the insanity, the lunacy these days)
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To: Manfred the Wonder Dawg

Bees cannot fly according to their aerodynamics. But don’t tell them.

But I agree, this is a very good illustrated April Fool’s joke.

I love the picture of them migrating to warm climes. That’s a classic.


52 posted on 03/31/2008 7:38:28 PM PDT by exit82 (People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
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To: Moonman62
I have that WKRP on tape. "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" " Oh no they're hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement!"

Classic.

53 posted on 03/31/2008 7:41:04 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck)
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To: blam

I spot a couple of pigs in that flock.


54 posted on 03/31/2008 7:41:26 PM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
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To: Moonman62
There’s a radio station that is going to throw these flying penguins out of a helicopter next Thanksgiving.

In Cincinnati?

55 posted on 03/31/2008 7:43:37 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: blam

Yea right, This is a April fools joke. Look at the photos they looked doctored.


56 posted on 03/31/2008 7:47:59 PM PDT by Exton1
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To: blam

Even turkeys can fly if the wind is high enough.


57 posted on 03/31/2008 7:48:47 PM PDT by Joe Bfstplk (Pure drivel drives away ordinary drivel.)
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To: Manfred the Wonder Dawg
"Take a look at those fat birds and their wings - they couldn’t fly."

Oh, I don't know about that.

yitbos

58 posted on 03/31/2008 7:52:39 PM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." - Ayn Rand)
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To: blam

You mean the “Amazonian rain forest” comment didn’t completely give it all away????!!!


59 posted on 03/31/2008 7:56:07 PM PDT by hunter112 (The 'straight talk express' gets the straight finger express from me.)
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To: MHGinTN
"Look at the ‘wings’ ... that bird don’t fly, dude! "

I don't know. A lot of people go to the Antarctic just to see penguins. That's a long way to go just to watch them waddle around.

yitbos

60 posted on 03/31/2008 7:56:54 PM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds." - Ayn Rand)
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