~*~ Hug Your PENGUIN Week! ~*~

[twinflower]

ok kinsters...let's kick out this January into the New Year with showing our Apreciation of the Penguin!!!  LOL

 

Penguin Appreciation Day was actually on the 20th...but I don't think our little tuxedo friends will mind our being a bit late!

 

For this week...fellow Kin member, Katiora, has made us a penguin avatar...complete with yarn and knitting needles!!  Here is the link..just add it to your profile!

 

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w128/katiora_siggys/penguinkin-1.png

 

Now to kick things off...just how well do you know your penguins?  *grins*  Here are a few questions to find out!!  Take a guess, give an answer, discuss it if you want!!

 

1.  Do Penguins live at the North or South Pole?

 

2.  Are Penguins hatched or born?

 

3.  Name three Penguins from cartoon fame.  (NOT from movies...as in TV cartoons, newspaper and print)

 

4.  Name four movie Penguins!

 

5.  What was the children's story about Penguins named?

 

6.  What is the natural enemy of the Penguin?

 

7.  True or False...penguins have feathers.

 

8.  True or False...all penguins are black and white.

 

9.  Are Penguins an endagered species?  or are any of the variations of the species endangered?

 

10.  What famous soft drink has made the penguin popular in commercials?

 

OK folks....let's see what you know!!!

 

*does the penguin happy feet dance*

[MsDanya]

ooh penguins are one of my fav birds!

 

ok, questiontime..

 

 

1.  Do Penguins live at the North or South Pole?

they live on the South Pole. im pretty sure of this.

 

2.  Are Penguins hatched or born?

Hatched!

 

 

3.  Name three Penguins from cartoon fame.  (NOT from movies...as in TV cartoons, newspaper and print)

umm, I only got one.. Pingu!

 

since i'm in class now I cant really think of anything else.  :D

[Aleita]

1.  Do Penguins live at the North or South Pole?

 

Ummm... I think South. Although I'm not really sure. I should be thoroughly ashamed of that... they could live at both?

 

2.  Are Penguins hatched or born?

 

Now I know that they are an egg and the father sits on it while the mother runs off... so I'm going to say that they are born by hatching?

 

3.  Name three Penguins from cartoon fame.  (NOT from movies...as in TV cartoons, newspaper and print)

 

Eeek... Ooooh! Pingu! Umm... not sure of any others I'll think on it.

 

4.  Name four movie Penguins!

 

I know there was a recent penguin movie (or three!)

 

5.  What was the children's story about Penguins named?

 

I'm sure there's been more than one.... :( Not doing very well at this am I.

 

6.  What is the natural enemy of the Penguin?

 

Killer Whale? Seal?

 

7.  True or False...penguins have feathers.

 

True...? Although it looks more like fur which is why I like them!

 

8.  True or False...all penguins are black and white.

 

False?? I thought many were but some have colours here and there but not on their feathers so I don't know...

 

9.  Are Penguins an endagered species?  or are any of the variations of the species endangered?

 

I'm fairly sure that there are some endangered species...

 

10.  What famous soft drink has made the penguin popular in commercials?

 

NO IDEA! :(

[Esperanza]

5.  The Curious George author did "White-black the Penguin" or something close to that

 

6.  seals, polar bears?

 

8.  True?

 

9.  I'd have to guess that at least some penguins are endangered... their ice cap is melting!

 

10.  Pepsi?

[Sienna]

1.  Definately South Pole.

 

2.  Hatched

 

3. Pingu, Chilly Willy umm dont know any more

 

4.  That Happy Feet Pinguin can't remember name! The movie with the surfing penguins and Good Luck Chuck had penguins but I can't think of names AHHHH!

 

5.  Happy Feet

 

6.  Seal?

 

7.  True

 

8.  False

 

9.  Yes

 

10.  Coke

 

 

[Desiree]

4. MUMBLE!!! *loves Happy Feet*

 

*is too lazy to do the rest today*

[U4ea]

1.  Do Penguins live at the North or South Pole?

South!

 

2.  Are Penguins hatched or born?

hatched! I watched Happy Feet, people!

 

3.  Name three Penguins from cartoon fame.  (NOT from movies...as in TV cartoons, newspaper and print)

crap, what was that comic penguin's name? *mutters*

 

4.  Name four movie Penguins!

Norma Jean, Lovelace, Mumble and Memphis (love Hugh Jackman!) I did mention that I watched Happy Feet, right?

 

5.  What was the children's story about Penguins named?

I'm going to hit myself when the answer to this comes out, I see it coming...

 

6.  What is the natural enemy of the Penguin?

orcas and seals

 

7.  True or False...penguins have feathers.

true

 

8.  True or False...all penguins are black and white.

well... do you count addition of color as making this false? They're basically white and black, but they do have splashes of other colors in varying species. I'm going with True, I think.

 

9.  Are Penguins an endagered species?  or are any of the variations of the species endangered?

variations, yes

 

10.  What famous soft drink has made the penguin popular in commercials?

Coke!

 

[Sienna]

Got to agree Lor Hugh Jackman is a fox! Have you seen him in Van Helsing? I melt every time I do lol

 

Where can i thank Kat for the cute penguin avatar?

[Taymist]

1.  Do Penguins live at the North or South Pole?

South

 

2.  Are Penguins hatched or born?

Hatched

 

3.  Name three Penguins from cartoon fame.  (NOT from movies...as in TV cartoons, newspaper and print)

Pingu

Chilly Willy

Badtz Maru

 

4.  Name four movie Penguins!

Cody Maverick from Surf's Up

Mumble from Happy Feet

Hubie from The Pebble and the Penguin

Feathers McGraw from Wallace & Gromit

 

5.  What was the children's story about Penguins named?

Penguin Small HERE

 

6.  What is the natural enemy of the Penguin?

Orcas, seals and skuas

 

7.  True or False...penguins have feathers.

True

 

8.  True or False...all penguins are black and white.

True though they have splashes of other colours like yellow.

 

9.  Are Penguins an endagered species?  or are any of the variations of the species endangered?

About 5 species are endangered and, whilst they are all under threat from over fishing, pollution and global warming, the remaining species of penguin are relatively safe.

 

10.  What famous soft drink has made the penguin popular in commercials?

Coca Cola

[Guest nephitess]

1.  Do Penguins live at the North or South Pole?

 

South

 

2.  Are Penguins hatched or born?

 

hatched

 

3.  Name three Penguins from cartoon fame.  (NOT from movies...as in TV cartoons, newspaper and print)

I don't know any that have not already been named! *g*

 

4.  Name four movie Penguins!

 

Same as above.

 

5.  What was the children's story about Penguins named?

 

DId not know any before reading this thread! LOL

 

6.  What is the natural enemy of the Penguin?

 

Killer whales and seals

 

7.  True or False...penguins have feathers.

 

True

 

8.  True or False...all penguins are black and white.

 

Most are...some have yellow or orange.

 

9.  Are Penguins an endagered species?  or are any of the variations of the species endangered?

 

Yes some are.

 

10.  What famous soft drink has made the penguin popular in commercials? 

 

Coke!

 

 

 

This was fun :D

[Calypsa]

1.  Do Penguins live at the North or South Pole?

 

South!

 

2.  Are Penguins hatched or born?

 

Hatched

 

3.  Name three Penguins from cartoon fame.  (NOT from movies...as in TV cartoons, newspaper and print)

 

Chilly Willy, um...

 

4.  Name four movie Penguins!

 

Four random penguins from Happy Feet? :D  Okay, one is named Mumble... 

 

5.  What was the children's story about Penguins named?

 

There's a children's story about penguins?  :o

 

6.  What is the natural enemy of the Penguin?

 

Leopard seal

 

7.  True or False...penguins have feathers.

 

True

 

8.  True or False...all penguins are black and white.

 

False.  Some have yellow and red that I can think of.

 

9.  Are Penguins an endagered species?  or are any of the variations of the species endangered?

 

Some of them are, yes

 

10.  What famous soft drink has made the penguin popular in commercials?

 

Coca-Cola, the ads with the penguins and the polar bears. :D

[twinflower]

Hug you Penguin answers..

 

Ok folks..lots of good answers…some even right!!  LOL.  I really didn’t’ have any idea when I posted them what the answers were..so doing a little research this is what I have discovered!

 

1.  Do Penguins live at the North or South Pole?

Penguin’s are navtive to the South Pole, Antartica, but only a few species actually leave there!  Penguins are also found in temperate climate zones, going as far north as the Galapagos Islands.

 

2.  Are Penguins hatched or born?

Penguins are of the Bird species.  *grins*  This means they are hatched!  As  most of us know from the recent movies..the male actually hatches egg, carrying it on it’s feet, warming the egg from it’s body heat, while the female goes hunting.  When the female returns, care of the young is shared.

 

3.  Name three Penguins from cartoon fame.  (NOT from movies...as in TV cartoons, newspaper and print)

Three of my favorites…*grins*

 

Opus of Bloom County

 

Tennesee Tuxedo

 

Chilly Willy

 

4.  Name four movie Penguins!

Wheezy from “Toy Story II”; those four or was it five adorable dancing Penguins in “Mary Poppins”, the cast of  “Happy Feet”..Mumble, Memphis..and the cast of “Surf’s Up”….Cody Maveric…

 

 

5.  What was the children's story about Penguins named?

There may be many children’s stories about Penguins, but the one I know of and grew up loving is Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater, published in 1938.  It is often included in 2,3,and 4th grade reading lists in America.  It is a delightful story of a poor housepainter who inherits 12 Penguins, and has to figure out what to do before the Penguins eat the family out of house and home..and how to cater to the birds special needs!  It’s a great book!

 

6.  What is the natural enemy of the Penguin?

The natural enemy of the Penguin are water creatures.  There are no land predators in the Antartic.  They are at risk from the Leopard Seal and Orca’s.  With the andvances of civilization other predators have been introduced..rats, dogs and foxes who steal the eggs and the young.

 

7.  True or False...penguins have feathers

TRUE!  Again Penguins are of the bird species.  They have a thick layer of insulating feathers to keep them warm.  While the top feathers are water resistant.  Penguins spend half their life on land, and half in the water.

 

8.  True or False...all penguins are black and white

TRUE..but….one in about 50,000 Penguins are born with brown feathers.  They tend to not survive as long because the coloring of the Penguin is for camoflauge.  All of these birds have a white underside protecting them in the water as the white blends with the reflecting water, and for the most part a dark upperside, mostly black that hides them from above!

 

9.  Are Penguins an endagered species?  or are any of the variations of the species endangered?

Today the Penguin is not an endangered species.  In times past that was not the case.  Hunted by man for oil, meat, skins and their eggs, some species were destroyed to exctinction.  An environmental act ended that practice in the very early 1900’s, although as recent as 1980 a Japenese company petitioned for permission to hunt the birds for oil and to use their skins to make golfing gloves.  They were refused.

 

A greater danger to Penguins in our world is the effects of Global Warming as their natural habitats are threatened and the advance of civilization corrupts their nesting habitats.  Along with this is the competition for food with fishermen for fish and shrimp.

 

10.  What famous soft drink has made the penguin popular in commercials?

Grins.  The COKE commercials are some of my favorite holiday commercials!  Remember the cuddly Polar Bears..and the penguins..sharing a Coke and the spirit of the Season?

 

 

*lol*  this was fun!!  and Sienna I will pass your thanks on to Kat..hopefully she will drop by soon!!!

 

OK more penguin fun...catch the "Smack the Penguin" game and coming soon...a Penguin Craft!!

 

[twinflower]

Here is a fun and simple way to make your very own penguin!  All you need is a piece of paper from your printer or notebook!!

 

http://dev.origami.com/images_pdf/penguin_grebenicek.pdf

 

or maybe try your hand at coloring a penguin..*grins*  here are some options..if you get them done..post them here and share your fabulous art!

 

http://www.first-school.ws/t/cp_animals/penguin2.htm

 

http://www.first-school.ws/t/cp_animals/penguin-8.htm

 

http://www.first-school.ws/t/cp_animals/penguin-6.htm

 

[twinflower]

or maybe a Penguin word search:

 

Penguin Word Search

by Arun & Matthew M.

 

K E F V C C E D R B K V R N C

I T L R U V S O F X Z O P I T

N K I O I N K O R D C X D U C

G P S J P T Z O T K X Y Y G O

P V W R C H T E H D B G R N S

E H F E I A T O S N Y E C E X

N N N I U Y P U X B J K W P G

G X W Q S P Q A O P A R O E T

U H E E E H N C T S E K E S D

I H G R E U L B E L T T I L K

N G S K I L L E R W H A L E S

I C E B E R G O E V G B R I W

U Y A L X Y B P F X T D E S S

K X L V F I D L T Z W O A Q O

Q K Y S N G I F J S T L E X S

 

 

 

EGG EQUATOR FISH

ICEBERG KILLER WHALES KING PENGUIN

LITTLE BLUE PENGUIN ROCKHOPPER

SEAL SOUTH POLE

 

[U4ea]

lol, virtual word searches and all, gotta love it! :D

 

Thanks, Twinny! :D

 

 

And how the heck could I forget Chilly Willy? *sighs* told ya I was going to smack myself in the head for that one!

[twinflower]

*giggles*  thats ok...I could see him but for the life couldn't remember the name of Tennesee Tuxedo!!  He was back in my day...

 

*grins* Your welcome...of course I had to play and color too...