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# Penguins
This year
2023

# update the cv
Recruits wanted for five month programme counting penguins in Antarctica
Successful candidates for the role at Port Lockroy on Goudier Island will live in near constant daylight and have no running water.
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Mar 14th 2023, 3:19 PM
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# flipper in flipper
Image of penguins 'hugging' wins photography prize
Tobias Baumgaertner won the Ocean Photography Awards’ community choice prize for the image of the birds in Melbourne.
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Dec 23rd 2020, 5:11 PM
# dynasties
BBC nature team defends decision to intervene and save mother and baby emperor penguins
The decision broke a principle of nature film-making to observe but not interfere.
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Nov 20th 2018, 2:47 PM
# dad dancing
David Harbour really wanted to dance with penguins, so Twitter helped him out
Someone think of the gifs.
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Jan 23rd 2018, 4:00 PM
# Adelie penguins
Mass starvation kills all but two penguin chicks in Antarctic colony
The thousands of death has been called a “breeding failure” by experts.
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Oct 13th 2017, 9:56 PM
# innovative technique
7,000 year old penguin poo reveals volcanic eruptions almost wiped out Antarctic sea bird colony
The changes in penguin populations had been linked to climate change.
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Apr 16th 2017, 11:30 AM
# In A Flap
Galway wants to open Ireland's first 'penguinarium' so penguins can "hang out"
PENGWENGS!
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Feb 23rd 2017, 7:20 PM
# Suspicious Deaths
Investigation launched after seven penguins drown in Canadian zoo
The director of animal care at the Calgary zoo said it was “devastating news”.
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Dec 9th 2016, 2:38 PM
# penguin love triangle
This video of three penguins having insane relationship drama is taking over the internet
Pingu it ain’t.
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Nov 5th 2016, 1:47 PM

# tipping the scales
PHOTOS: London Zoo is doing its annual weigh-in
It helps zookeepers monitor the animals’ health and well-being.
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Aug 25th 2016, 6:09 PM
# Take a Break
Take a break and watch these wriggly baby penguins being weighed
They’re called Wotsit, Frazzle, Cheeto and Quaver.
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Apr 8th 2016, 10:56 AM
# landlocked
An iceberg twice the size of Limerick city has killed 150,000 penguins
The iceberg’s grounding left penguins having to walk more than 60 kilometres to find food.
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Feb 14th 2016, 6:33 PM

# P-p-perfect
16 amazing photos from a penguinologist's lens
Little is known about the habits and behaviors…
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May 31st 2015, 2:00 PM
# Snatched
Three penguin chicks stolen from Norwegian aquarium
The park manager said he fears the chicks may now be dead as it was too early for them to be away from their parents.
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May 18th 2015, 4:37 PM
# penguin parade
Just some little penguins, wandering adorably around an aquarium
Because it’s Monday.
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Apr 13th 2015, 7:34 AM
Looking for a summer job? How about working as a postmaster in Antarctica?
That’s what Anthony Galvin is hoping to do later this year.
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Mar 2nd 2015, 9:47 PM
# p-p-pick up
The oldest man in Australia spends his time knitting tiny jumpers for tiny penguins
We’ll take one penguin and one jumper, please.
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Feb 11th 2015, 8:02 PM
# where's me jumper
The oldest man in Australia spends his time knitting tiny jumpers for tiny penguins
SQUEEE.
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Feb 11th 2015, 6:03 PM
# pengwings
Benedict Cumberbatch is in a penguin film, but he still can't pronounce 'penguins'
Why does this keep happening to him?
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Dec 30th 2014, 10:32 AM
# pengweng
Ah nothing, just some penguins in tiny Santa suits
As if penguins could get any cuter.
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Dec 18th 2014, 8:06 AM
# Like Antarctic Monkeys
Seals are having sex with penguins - and there are videos to prove it
Researchers say it is sexual harassment.
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Nov 19th 2014, 9:58 AM
# pengwings
Listen to Benedict Cumberbatch failing to say 'penguins'
“Pengwings.”
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Sep 26th 2014, 7:37 AM
# slap happy
Just three penguins, having a slap fight
“You having a larf, mate? You having a giggle?”
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Aug 16th 2014, 8:55 AM
# Dingle Oceanworld
Meet Ireland's first ever gentoo penguin chick
The tiny bundle of joy was born at Dingle Oceanworld.
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Jul 23rd 2014, 2:42 PM
# Ice-breaker
Do you find turn-by-turn directions a bit boring? Try following penguins instead
A Tokyo aquarium have designed the navigation app to draw in visitors.
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Jul 21st 2014, 8:00 PM
# Books
Singapore national library to destroy LGBT-themed children's books
Library says three books are contrary to its “pro-family” stance.
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Jul 11th 2014, 11:57 AM
# missy and penelope
A wedding could be on the cards for Ireland's first gay penguins
Two female penguins, Penelope and Missy, are nesting together in Dingle Oceanworld.
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Apr 3rd 2014, 2:00 PM
# ropey
These penguins hilariously tripping over a rope are your life
Every. Single. Day.
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Mar 21st 2014, 7:36 AM
# unhappy feet
Sad penguins given antidepressants because the British weather is so awful
The birds are “under treatment for stress” after all the rain.
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Feb 8th 2014, 8:56 AM
# love is love
Penguins living together at Israeli Zoo discovered to be 'lesbians'
Staff had assumed Suki and Chupchikoni were a male and female pair.
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Dec 20th 2013, 6:00 PM
# pingu
Adorable penguins go on Christmas stroll dressed as Santa
Oh, NOTHING, just some penguins dressed up as Santa and Christmas trees.
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Dec 19th 2013, 8:39 AM
# Dilemma
The burning question*: Are Penguins chocolate bars or biscuits?
It’s Monday, so let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
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May 27th 2013, 2:30 PM
# Happy Feet
Oh, just some newborn penguins...
… named after Dr Who characters.
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Apr 18th 2013, 4:30 PM
# Work Can Wait
VIDEO: So it turns out baby penguins really like being tickled
We’re just warning you: cute overload.
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Aug 24th 2012, 1:01 PM
# In Pictures
London Zoo keepers weigh and measure 16,000 animals
There’s just no such thing as privacy anymore.
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Aug 22nd 2012, 2:23 PM
# Sid the Kid
Canucks and Penguins win to stay alive in NHL playoffs
Pittsburgh score eight unanswered goals to beat the Flyers after being on the brink of elimination last night.
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Apr 19th 2012, 1:30 PM
# Giant Penguin
Extinct 'giant penguin' species reconstructed from fossils
Bones of the ‘Kairuku’, extinct for about 26 million years, were discovered in New Zealand 35 years ago.
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Feb 29th 2012, 1:25 PM
# Review 2011
It wasn't all bad: 13 'good news' stories from 2011
The nicer side of the news…
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Dec 25th 2011, 4:00 PM