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16-02-2007, 01:05 PM
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16-02-2007, 01:19 PM
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awwww Thats so Nice.... wonder if the penguins like wearing them!!!  |
16-02-2007, 01:30 PM
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ummmmm yes lovely but how do they go about re-oiling their feathers if their feathers are covered? Maybe it's just for a day or two. |
17-02-2007, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton  ummmmm yes lovely but how do they go about re-oiling their feathers if their feathers are covered? Maybe it's just for a day or two. | from the website concerned
"In addition to keeping the penguins warm the jumpers stop the birds preening themselves and swallowing the toxic oil, before their feathers get washed. "
presumably once they have been washed ( short cycle at 40 degrees with no extra spin leaves your penquin white and persil bright  ) they preen and reoil themselves and no longer need the jumpers
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17-02-2007, 09:40 PM
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Perhaps it would be better to supply them to those poor Emperors in Antarctica. After watching them on Planet Earth, I feel so sorry for them. It was interesting, though that it is the males which huddle together looking after the eggs during the winter months, while the females head back to warmer climes!
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17-02-2007, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jennyb Perhaps it would be better to supply them to those poor Emperors in Antarctica. After watching them on Planet Earth, I feel so sorry for them. It was interesting, though that it is the males which huddle together looking after the eggs during the winter months, while the females head back to warmer climes!
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