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Old 1st April 2008, 03:42 AM
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A species of penguin that can fly

The BBC caught on film a rare species of flying penguins:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...penguin101.xml

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Is it 1st April in Japan already

Of course it is, its "The land of the rising sun"
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Nice April fool's Day
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Old 1st April 2008, 05:41 AM
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nice link i sent a mail with a link to my sister , she teaches 5 th grade in the Detroit area
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They really make it too obvious with
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...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.
Maybe that's how the polar bear got to the island in "Lost"
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An African penguin, maybe, but not a European penguin. But then of course -- African penguins are non-migratory.
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"An African penguin, maybe, but not a European penguin. But then of course -- African penguins are non-migratory."
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but do they have any coconuts
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No but they have donuts
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Tux can fly, he is just hiding it
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Tux can fly, he is just hiding it
only if you have accelerated graphics enabled
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I guess you've never seen this 1st hand account in the gallery....

http://www.fedoraforum.org/gallery/s...&searchid=4319
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This penguin can fly. Well, sort of ...
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This penguin can fly. Well, sort of ...
That "game" is maddening, we had a whole office waste a morning once trying to get +600.

btw, I got 555.6 on my 3rd attempt just now.

If you like those sort of games check out

http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/
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btw, I got 555.6 on my 3rd attempt just now.
No way!! I thought no one could hit the penguin and this was a flash version of the game with currency bills.

(You know the one where a guy drops the bill, and another guy tries to catch it, which is impossible)
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No way!! I thought no one could hit the penguin and this was a flash version of the game with currency bills.

(You know the one where a guy drops the bill, and another guy tries to catch it, which is impossible)
Well, it takes quite a bit of skill y'know
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