Journal tuxette's Journal: On the first day of Christmas... 1
...my true love gave to me
A penguin in a baobab tree...
On the second day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Two Cape turtle doves
And a penguin in a baobab tree...
On the third day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
Three Guinea fowl
Two Cape turtle doves
And a penguin in a baobab tree...
Uh... OK, I'll stop now...
(Who, me? Still obsessed?
Penguins Rule (Score:2)
1. They have a cool shape
2. They have wings but don't fly
3. Many of them have black as a dominant color
4. They eat stuff with cool names, like krill and squid
5. The layer of fat in the larger penguins allows them to retain heat in cold climates
6. The smaller ones can deal with tropical climates (like Galapagos Island)
7. They have no land based predators, only aquatic ones with cool names like the Leopard Seal
8. They are an evolutionary enigma as there are not many penguin fossils, so t