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7 May 2008
Playful penguins scout out new academy pool
(USA)
Juvenile African penguins Pete and Dunker had a high old time trying out their new quarters inside the California Academy of Sciences’ still-unfinished African Hall in Golden Gate Park with their favourite human, senior aquatic biologist Pamela Schaller.
Read San Francisco Chronicle article and watch video

6 May 2008
Little penguins get frisky feet
(Australia)
A false breeding season has begun in Phillip Island Nature Park, with frisky little penguins uncharacteristically courting and mating months before breeding usually occurs.
Read The Age article

5 May 2008
VIMS research reveals DDT persists in Antarctic ice
(Antarctica)
New research from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science has shown that DDT, a harmful pesticide banned across the globe three decades ago, is still showing up in the bodies of Adelie penguins in Antarctica.
Read Virginia Institute of Marine Science press release

2 May 2008
'Sex pest' seal attacks penguin
(Antarctica)
An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to mate with a king penguin. The South African-based scientists who witnessed the incident say it is the most unusual case of mammal mating behaviour yet known.
Read BBC News article

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