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NEW DELHI, May 21 (Reuters) - Police in the Indian capital said on Monday the marauding "monkey man" which terrorised the city over the past week was neither man nor monkey but a result of public hysteria.
what the...??
Avy? shanks?
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...since you brought up Reuters, this little story weaves in nicely with the tux thread: (hi, max!)http://DELETED
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At the risk of perpetuating this unfortunately wide thread, I was stunned to read in the page you linked to that, " The pattern is based on one used for penguins in the northern hemisphere, only smaller. "It was re-designed for the little penguins in the southern hemisphere," said Castle."
What penguins in the Northern Hemisphere? A quick search at Britannica.com yielded this excellent page
http://home.capu.net/~kwelch/pp/species/
The comment seems particularly odd given that the two largest types of penguin are both exclusively Antarctic and sub-antarctic dwellers. I read once that all but one of the 16 species of penguin can be found in NZ waters, so I was surprised to read the statement about "larger penguins from the North."
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NEW DELHI, May 21 (Reuters) - Police in the Indian capital said on Monday the marauding "monkey man" which terrorised the city over the past week was neither man nor monkey but a result of public hysteria
I'm neither Avy nor Shanks but let me just butt in for a second then I will go away.
I, too, heard that news but from the radio (NPR) and I couldn't believe that it was not an April Fool's joke. The NPR point man in India, I thought, had eaten too much spicy food and was not in proper form to do a strenous reporting and opted for this light news. If you listened to all the people that he interviewed for the story, not one could cite any credible evidence. I guess that this is another case of "you had to be there" in order to feel the public hysteria.
Avy, Shanks come in....
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Bridget96 ...tried the link and got note "this story cannot be displayed." ????
Re penguins, North Pole and South Pole for penguins and a few zoos. I heard of one type penguin on Discovery TV that does not mind the warm weather but those were in a zoo, too!
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hmm, i guess reuters stories can only be accessed on the day they break. sorry 'bout that. i 'spect that's also why things went W-I-D-E  bridget performs three hail marys and an our father
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The Pooh-Bahvitch remarks that he was surprised to read the statement about "larger penguins from the North."
Maybe they're talking about nuns.
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Maybe they're talking about nuns.
Young man with spiked hair, jeans, leather jacket, at busy downtown crossing. He sees a nun having trouble negotiating the street. He stops the traffic and leads her across the street safely.
"Thank you, young man," the nun says.
He replies, "No problem! Any friend of Zorro's is a friend of mine!"
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Young couple with 3-year-old child, in airport. Child wanders away. Parents frantic. Search starts. Child found safe with a group of nuns. As parents approach, child cries out delightedly "
"Look Mommy! Penguins!"
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The Pittsburg Penguins-- a Hockey team? actually -- Max-- everything i knew about penguins agreed with your statement-- (but to be sure -- I googled and got http://www.seaworld.org/Penguins/distribution.html It doesn't say anything about 16 out of 17 being common in NZ-- but other wise...
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