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  2. The Walrus and the Carpenter - Wikipedia

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    The Walrus said To talk of many things Of shoes and ships and sealing wax Of cabbages and kings And why the sea is boiling hot And whether pigs have wings Callo-Callay No work today! We're cabbages and kings Oh, uh, Oysters, come and walk with us The day is warm and bright A pleasant walk A pleasant talk Would be a sheer delight Yes, should we ...

  3. Category:Children's books about penguins - Wikipedia

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  4. A Wish for Wings That Work - Wikipedia

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    A Wish for Wings That Work: An Opus Christmas Story is a children's book by Berkeley Breathed that was published in 1991. It was made into an animated television special that same year. The book and special feature characters from Breathed's comic strips Bloom County and Outland .

  5. Tradeoffs for locomotion in air and water - Wikipedia

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    Penguins entirely lost the constraint of light bones and developed denser, less buoyant bones in their wings for strength and for ballast. [10] Also thought to provide ballast is the swallowing of small stones by penguins. Although heavy ballasting will prevent passive ascent, Beaune et al. surmised that a bird with a mass of 12 kg would need a ...

  6. Great auk - Wikipedia

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    During summer, great auk plumage showed a white patch over each eye. During winter, the great auk lost these patches, instead developing a white band stretching between the eyes. The wings were only 15 cm (6 in) long, rendering the bird flightless. Instead, the great auk was a powerful swimmer, a trait that it used in hunting.

  7. A new genetic analysis explains how penguins lost the ability ...

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    Their findings suggest global temperature changes drove penguin evolution. A new genetic analysis explains how penguins lost the ability to fly, headed south, and became excellent swimmers Skip to ...

  8. Video of Detroit Zoo Penguins 'Gifting' Their Mates with ...

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    "The penguins were gifted some 'lucky charms' to give to their mates during nesting season!" the caption reads. People in the comments section thought this ritual was just the sweetest.

  9. Penguin poetry anthologies - Wikipedia

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    The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse is a poetry anthology first published in 1950, and edited by Kenneth Allott, generally restricted to British poets (T. S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath and some Irish poets were included).