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Penguin4 asked me to respond to some of the cards and letters and emails we received after Penguin5’s most recent post.


Gentoo576 makes a very important point. You might get the idea from this site that all members of Penguins United are Emperors. Quite frankly we do sometimes get quite carried away by our beauty and regal presence. But as Gentoo576 points out, we are a coalition of all penguins, for and by all penguins. She has sent along several photos of her friends and family:

Gentoo576 - Melissa Rider, National Science Foundation



penguins united will never be defeated!
Photo: Melissa Rider, National Science Foundation


Well it is certainly heartening to see the Gentoos out there.


Chinstrap6634 writes: “I miss Penguin5’s commentary about current events. For example, there are several important developments that affect every penguin. According to my friend Chinstrap11, a report published by the human-based National Academy of Sciences declares that: “Between 2000 and 2004, worldwide CO2 emissions increased at a rate that is over three times the rate during the 1990s — the rate increased from 1.1 % per year during the 1990s to 3.1% per year in the early 2000s.”


Several of us were discussing this alarming development on our way home yesterday. And I have an idea what Penguin5 might say: that’s pretty disappointing considering all the talk about doing something about the climate crisis.



Chinstrap6634 and friends - Zee Evans, National Science Foundation


Well I’m sure Penguin5 would have more to add, but until he returns, I’ll leave you with this:


“Why did the penguin cross the road?”




“To go with the floe!”




Penguin1 for Penguins United.

For those of you who had hoped to be reading Penguin 5’s latest post about global warming and the climate crisis, I have some sad news. Well not so sad because he’s getting some well needed rest. But it’s just that the rest of us - Penguins 1 - 10 minus #5 - felt that he was turning a bit too sarcastic. I think what got to him was the penguins on the treadmill. Anyway, we chipped in and sent Penguin5 on a fishing trip.

We’ll let you know how he’s doing.

Just for the record, we are, after all, for much of the time a happy-go-lucky bunch.

And, in the interest of reaching out to our human brethren and sistren, we the Penguin Speakers felt that humor might ultimately work better than anger.

And since I’m known as the life of the penguin party, I thought I’d give it a shot:

Have you heard about the human who was driving down the highway with a car full of penguins. There were penguins everywhere: penguins leaning out the windows, penguins popping up out the sunroof, a penguin riding shotgun, and penguins loaded in the back seats. Well a few miles down the road, the car gets pulled over by a policeman. Who walks up and leans in and tells the driver that if he doesn’t want a ticket, he better take all the penguins right back to the zoo. Well without any hesitation, the driver promises that, first thing he’ll drive straight to the zoo. And he drives off.

Well the next day, the human was driving down the exact same highway with the same car full of penguins. There were penguins everywhere: penguins leaning out the windows, penguins popping up out the sunroof, a penguin riding shotgun, and penguins loaded in the back seats. The only thing different is that the penguins were all wearing sunglasses! All of a sudden, the car is stopped by the same policeman. The policeman is pretty annoyed this time and he leans in and says, “I thought I told you to take these penguins to the zoo!”

“I did” says the human. “But, today I’m taking them to the beach!”