Bob wrote: > A friend who is an ad producer/director in LA and has worked with penguins > once told me that they can be pretty nasty -- sort of like working with > Deborah Winger with a very sharp beak!
When we were banding the babies, we wore very thick leather gloves to protect our hands - those beaks are really sharp, and very strong, not to mention their feet which have sharp claws! But despite all that, Little Blue Penguins are very cute to look at. You can see a picture here: http://www.naturespic.com/wildlife1/4567.html Putting your head inside a cave where penguins are nesting is not fun, unless you have no sense of smell, and don't mind getting covered in penguin poo and old fish guts. Not to mention getting attacked by the parents, who don't appreciate that what you doing will ultimately benefit their babies. All they see is some weirdly dressed human, grabbing their baby and adorning it with completely unnecessary plastic accessories. Sort of like a giant body piercer grabbing your teenager, and putting a ring through their nose, then thrusting them back into the house. Playing with baby penguins may "sound" like fun, but the reality is a long, loooooong way from the romantic image! And yes, Wally, we are on about the same latitude, but you're a little further north, I think. Hell ____________________________ "To have great poets, there must be great audiences too." - Walt Whitman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hell's Personal Photo Page: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hell/main/personal.htm Visit the NBLs (Natural Born Losers) at: http://www.nbls.co.nz
