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The Staff of SOH
this is almost as priceless as penguins falling over on the Falkland Isles
"UNTIL the advent of the Lynx and Sea King helicopters, the Harrier jump jet and maybe even the Exocet missile, the design of the King Penguin had always seemed a pretty practical affair.
A sturdy back, a special pouch in which to hatch young, and a nice set of flippers to speed it through the icy waters of the South Atlantic on the way to catch fish.
The Falklands War, however, and the airborne armoury which accompanied it, exposed a design fault in the King Penguin which could have disastrous consequences.
Fascinated by the helicopters and jets speeding overhead, the birds are so keen to follow their every move that they crane their necks at an ever steepening angle to the sky until they lose their balance and fall over backwards. "
I heard that from my grandparents, but according to Snopes.com, this information is false.
