Internet Hoaxes: Penguins, Part Four

Claim: Many versions same premise - A child smuggles a penguin out of an amusement park.


Status: False.

Source: Snopes

Photo from Flickr, by littlepants

Internet Hoaxes: Penguins, Part Three

Claim: Penguins fall over onto their backs while trying to observe airplanes flying overhead.


Status: False.

Source: Snopes

Photo from Flickr, by mostlysunny1

Internet Hoaxes: Penguins, Part Two

Claim: Flying penguins found by BBC program.


These penguins not only take flight from the Antarctic wastes, but fly thousands of miles to the Amazonian rain forest to find winter sun.

Status: False.

Source: Telegraph

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Internet Hoaxes: Penguins, Part One

Claim: You can buy a [living] penguin on-line from penguinwarehouse.com.


Status: False.

Source: Snopes

Photo from Flickr, by Mollivan Jon

Video: sqwaking rockhoppers

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Penguins rescued off Scottish coast

Rescuers hunting for the site of a plane crash at sea off the coast of Scotland called off their search - after the casualties turned out to be two inflatable penguins.

Coastguard and lifeboat teams, along with a helicopter, were scrambled after an elderly man reported a light plane had ditched near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.

He was convinced he saw wreckage glinting in the sun.

But rescuers discovered that what he had spotted were two massive balloons shaped like penguins.

The search was called off after the 4ft penguins, which were semi-inflated, were discovered .

The two penguins - whose source remains a mystery - have now been "adopted" by the lifeboat team.

Source: Daily Record

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Joke: Short Animal Jokes - Penguins

How do penguins drink their cola?
On the rocks.

What do penguins have for lunch?
Iceburgers.

What do you call a penguin in the desert?
Lost.

What kind of bird can write?
A penguin.

What kind of fish do penguins catch at night?
Starfish.

What’s black and white and goes round and around?
A penguin in a revolving door.

What's a penguin's favorite vegetable?
Iceberg lettuce.

Who is a penguin's favorite singer?
Seal.

Who is a penguin's favorite actor?
Sean Pennguin.

Why do penguins carry fish in their beaks?
Because they haven’t got any pockets.

Why are penguins so popular on the Internet?
Because they have Web feet.

Why do penguins sit on marshmallows?
To keep from falling into the hot chocolate.

Why don’t you see penguins in Britain?
Because they’re afraid of Wales.

Cute or not? Penguin chick

Flying penguins caught on film

Camera crews discovered an unusual colony of Adélie penguins while filming on King George Island, some 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands.

When the weather took a turn for the worse, rather than getting together in a huddle to protect themselves from the cold, they did something quite unexpected, that no other penguins can do.


These penguins not only take flight from the Antarctic wastes, but fly thousands of miles to the Amazonian rain forest to find winter sun.

(By the way, Happy April 1)

Source: Telegraph

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Funny Penguins

A great photo series at Flikr, by JohnBurke

Hey - what's this?!?

I'm getting soaked!

Brrr! I'm going to have a word with him!

Hey! What do you think you're playing at???

Don't you yell at me!!!

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Impostor!

Don't be fooled, this is NOT a penguin!