Wednesday 27 November 2013

[www.keralites.net] Do you like my new look?

 

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Hey, you know the joke - What's

Black and White and Read all over? A newspaper! Except in

this case the correct answer to that joke is a bald sunburnt penguin

named Ralph, who lives at Marwell

Wildlife in Hampshire, England.



 

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Like all penguins, Ralph loses his feathers every year, but while the rest

of his clan sheds them over a period of four to six weeks, the

10-year-old Humboldt penguin seems to lose his, in just a few days -

which means he remains bald for a few weeks, until the new feathers

have time to grow in.



 
 

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With his pale skin exposed to the sun, poor Ralph could easily get sunburnt

and often had to be moved indoors - Until the folks at the Marwell

Wildlife came up with an great solution - A wetsuit!



 

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The custom suit is made out of a soft gel-like material called neoprene



 

and, has Ralph's name printed on it. The material expands so that Ralph



 

can move around normally. They also added Velcro to the suit so that



 

when his new feathers start growing, it can be expanded.



 

Ralph has been wearing his suit for a year now and he and his


 

 

partner Cora seem quite happy with his new attire - Other penguins also



 

seem to swarm around him when he is wearing it - probably jealous of



 
his cool look!


 
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Humboldt penguins, native to Peru and Chile get

their name from the cold Humboldt water current that runs from the

Antarctica to the Equator. Also known as Peruvian Penguins, they live

on the rocky mainland shores and do not migrate. They can live up to 20

years in the wild and as many as 30, in captivity.

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