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   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 8/27/2021 6:35 AM, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
   > On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 20:52:56 -0500   
   > JAB  wrote:   
   >   
   >> A Mexican newspaper reports that bored Royal Air Force pilots   
   >> stationed on the Falkland Islands have devised what they consider a   
   >> marvelous new game.  Noting that the local penguins are fascinated by   
   >> airplanes, the pilots search out a beach where the birds are gathered   
   >> and fly slowly along it at the water's edge.  Perhaps ten thousand   
   >> penguins turn their heads in unison watching the planes go by, and   
   >> when the pilots turn around and fly back, the birds turn their heads   
   >> in the opposite direction, like spectators at a slow-motion tennis   
   >> match.  Then, the paper reports "The pilots fly out to sea and   
   >> directly to the penguin colony and overfly it.  Heads go up, up, up,   
   >> and ten thousand penguins fall over gently onto their backs.   
   >> 		-- Audobon Society Magazine   
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   >   
   > Urban Myth; did the rounds at least 2 decades ago.   
   >   
   > https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/penguins-fall-over-airplanes/   
      
   That's unfortunate.  My sister recently shared a link that stated a man   
   claimed that he worked at a European zoo, and his job was to pick up   
   penguins that fell over after watching flights go by.  2,000 flights per   
   day, and 40 penguins (or so) it read.   
      
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