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Penguin Poop Seen From Space
Scientists have found ten new emperor penguin colonies by spotting their skid marks on the Antarctic ice from satellite images (video on page). The ice around the penguins gets very dirty because they congregate in a small area in very large colonies for months. Peter Fretwell, Mapping Expert, British Antarctic Survey says, "What we find is that we can see the guano (excrement) from space. They stay in the same space in very large colonies for eight months of the year and the ice around them gets very dirty, and it's that that we can see on the satellite images."
...to automatically purge their logs.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Another reason why gentoo is shitty.
I modded-up the article as "fresh."
Not sure if that helps.
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Holy crap! you gotta be shitting me!
And somehow, we're the ones blamed for polluting the planet.
Ed R.Zahurak
You know, oblivion keeps looking better every day.
...must bow their head in awe at a poop that's visible from orbit.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
...the BBC documentary Planet Earth skipped over. No, it was all pristine, white landscape with cute penguins huddled together. Not once did they show a dirty red-brown shitty trail aftermath of their voyage. Next time I watch that, I'm going to look very closely at the background.
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I think there's an emperor penguin colony in my underpants!
Ed R.Zahurak
You know, oblivion keeps looking better every day.
a similar observation could be made about Congress.
... are you just happy to see m.. WAIT, that IS an emperor penguin colony
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I hate being bipolar; it's awesome!
Never before has any slashdot post been more deserving of an "anal-retentive" tag!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
You have more than one word on stop signs in your area?
Number of penguins eaten by polar bears on a yearly basis: zero.
Wrong side of the planet.
That dark guano is going to absorb more sunlight and accelerate global warming and the melting of the ice!
We must preserve the home of the penguins, or they'll have nowhere to live.
Oops, we just shot them all.
Never mind.
...the bullshit in Washington D.C. must be visible from Mars.
Give me a penguin and a polar bear, and I can prove you wrong.
Number of penguins eaten by polar bears on a yearly basis: zero.
Wrong side of the planet.
Yeah, so it's pretty unlikely, but can we really be sure the number is really zero? While I doubt a polar bear made it to the south pole, birds can get lost and are sometimes seen thousands and thousands of miles from their usual habitats, and penguins are strong and capable swimmers. Can't you just see the penguin couple?
"Dear, I think we went the wrong way back our vacation in Argentina. The sun seems to be in the wrong place. We should ask another bird for directions." "Geeze, get off my back. You've been saying that for weeks now, but I know where I'm going! It's getting cold again, just like I said it would, isn't it?" "Yes dear, but..." "Look! An iceberg! See! We'll be back on land in no time. First though let's take a break on this piece of ice which appears to have a soft fluffy mound of snow on it..." "RAWR! Nom-nom-nom-nom-gulp!"
Oh, damnit, the Orca got them first. Okay, well, maybe next year!
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