> > Let's see, in NZ I guess the penguins might nest in the cliffs on South Island (or thereabouts). What I want to know is... How do they manage to scale the cliffs with no hands and without flying?
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> > Wolf "magic penguins"
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> Don't be silly. They use grappling hooks and little tiny abseiling harnesses. However, evolution being what it is, some of the more advanced species are in the process of getting planning permission for a chairlift.
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> Brunnen-"well, what did you expect me to say?"G

Heheh. Well you're right, my question was maybe 90% rhetorical and 10% actual (for those Expert Sphenisciformists browsing the forum -- you never know...)

Nevertheless, Brunnen-G, I was holding out for you to run off to your local touristy information office... grab whatever videos they might be selling of the last National Geographic special to film those South Island penguins... and carefully scrutinize the visuals for any clues on how "they" cunningly scale up into their rookeries. Say!... Maybe they just grab on with their beaks and heave themselves up. Maybe they hop on pop. Maybe they *do* use superpowers, and you could steal the Secrets of Penguin Power. You know how it is...

"Penguins: Yours to Discover"

Of course a wolf might more be interested in discovering how penguins *taste*, but I've just eaten a non-fishy entree, so I'm in a good mood :-)