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You are here: Home / Open Threads / Because of wow. / Additional Respite: Needs More Penguins

Additional Respite: Needs More Penguins

by Tom Levenson|  March 16, 20205:38 pm| 33 Comments

This post is in: Because of wow., Nature & Respite, Open Threads

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Because don’t we all need more penguins?

Penguins in the Amazon?! ??

Some of the penguins went on a field trip to meet other animals at Shedd. Wellington seemed most interested in the fishes in Amazon Rising! The black-barred silver dollars also seemed interested in their unusual visitor. pic.twitter.com/KgYWsp5VQD

— Shedd Aquarium (@shedd_aquarium) March 15, 2020

ETA–Also this:

The adventure continues! ??
This morning, Edward and Annie explored Shedd’s rotunda. They are a bonded pair of rockhopper penguins, which means they are together for nesting season. Springtime is nesting season for penguins at Shedd, and this year is no different! (1/3) ? pic.twitter.com/VdxN3oQAfe

— Shedd Aquarium (@shedd_aquarium) March 16, 2020

More at the Shedd Aquarium Twitter feed.

Open that thread right up…

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33Comments

  1. 1.

    Elizabelle

    March 16, 2020 at 5:40 pm

    What a strange environment for a little penguin. Adaptable creature.

  2. 2.

    schrodingers_cat

    March 16, 2020 at 5:42 pm

    We need the dude who is  black and white and has a tude. How is your lord and master, Tikka kitteh?

  3. 3.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 16, 2020 at 5:44 pm

    Didn’t realize that was here when I saw it yesterday.

    Lincoln Park Zoo, do NOT let the polar bears roam free!

  4. 4.

    Yutsano

    March 16, 2020 at 5:46 pm

    PENGIE!!!!

    That is all.

  5. 5.

    Tom Levenson

    March 16, 2020 at 5:46 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: Tikka update coming up.

    He’s in fine form.

  6. 6.

    Punchy

    March 16, 2020 at 5:49 pm

    So with the Dow down nearly 3K today, we can expect it up about 1.4K tomorrow?  Has the market moved in units less than thousands in the past 5 days?  Am I the only one that finds that simply mindblowing?

  7. 7.

    WaterGirl

    March 16, 2020 at 5:50 pm

    Seems unfair that we are all stuck at home, and the penguins get extra roaming time!  :-)

  8. 8.

    James E Powell

    March 16, 2020 at 5:52 pm

    Is respite thread a good place for dark humor? My GF got this off some social media: Wash your hands like you’re cooking for Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    Maybe it’s already old, but I did laugh a bit.

  9. 9.

    Mary G

    March 16, 2020 at 5:53 pm

    @Punchy: I can remember when the Dow going up or down 100 points was a BFD.

  10. 10.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 16, 2020 at 5:54 pm

    @WaterGirl: Meh.  If they let the penguins jump in the lake, then I’d have a problem.

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    March 16, 2020 at 5:55 pm

    @mrmoshpotato: I had forgotten that “go jump in a lake!” was our go to when we were kids.

  12. 12.

    Elizabelle

    March 16, 2020 at 5:55 pm

    This was pretty cute.  LA Times:  Plants to replace your friends.

    Personality types, and the plants that will remind you of them.

    Tall, lanky boyfriend who hangs out in the corner at parties?  Replace him with a fiddle-leaf fig.  The social climber in your set …

  13. 13.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 16, 2020 at 5:59 pm

    @WaterGirl: Not as an insult, but literally letting the tuxedoed ones jump in the lake.

  14. 14.

    West of the Rockies

    March 16, 2020 at 6:00 pm

    These respite threads are welcome relief.  Yay, penguins!

  15. 15.

    PST

    March 16, 2020 at 6:02 pm

    I almost never go into a bar and get a drink. It just isn’t my thing. So it surprises me how much I want to do exactly that that now that it’s forbidden here in Chicago.

  16. 16.

    schrodingers_cat

    March 16, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    @Tom Levenson: Good to hear.

  17. 17.

    trollhattan

    March 16, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    That is full-on adorable.

  18. 18.

    Juice Box

    March 16, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    @WaterGirl: Seems like payback. The humans are stuck in cages, the zoo animals roaming free.

    Our little city is getting fiber optic installed. As much as I want stupid-fast internet, the drilling and grinding in front of my house today is driving me crazy. They won’t be finished (although I think they’re about to pack up and leave our cul-de-sac) and turn it on until the fall. I’m not a gamer, so I’ll get no utility from the extra speed, but I want it anyway.

  19. 19.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 16, 2020 at 6:05 pm

    @PST: I wish Brown Shugga was in season now – pandemic/Kremlin’s orange bitch, or not.

  20. 20.

    trollhattan

    March 16, 2020 at 6:05 pm

    @PST:

    My friend Mr. Capone–call him Al–can fix youse up.

  21. 21.

    trollhattan

    March 16, 2020 at 6:06 pm

    @mrmoshpotato:

    The Lagunitas Flavor?

  22. 22.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 16, 2020 at 6:08 pm

    @trollhattan: Yes, the Lagunitas beer.  It is delicious.

  23. 23.

    Kathleen

    March 16, 2020 at 6:09 pm

    I need advice please. I’m scheduled to fly to Tampa this Friday and return Monday. It’s my grandson’s 24th birthday and he wants me down there so much  he paid for my ticket. I’m very torn about going. Over and above the concern about exposure I’m afraid I could get stranded down there if someone decides to ground flights. Thank in advance.

  24. 24.

    Mary G

    March 16, 2020 at 6:10 pm

    Due to coronavirus precaution, Bob Shellard isn't allowed to visit his wife in her Connecticut nursing home. So he stood outside her window and held up a sign that said "I've loved you 67 years and still do. Happy Anniversary." https://t.co/cIwZxwmZeN pic.twitter.com/nW86SYm4HU— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) March 16, 2020

  25. 25.

    debbie

    March 16, 2020 at 6:20 pm

    @Mary G:

    That is sooooo sweet.

  26. 26.

    Yutsano

    March 16, 2020 at 6:55 pm

    @Kathleen: Go. I doubt flights will get grounded by this weekend. And even if so hey it’s an excuse to not go to work right?

  27. 27.

    laura

    March 16, 2020 at 6:57 pm

    @Kathleen: dont go! Plan for the 25th birthday. It’s too people out there as Quinerly said the other day.

  28. 28.

    NotMax

    March 16, 2020 at 7:04 pm

    @Kathleen

    Entirely one person’s opinion. The extreme case of all domestic flights being grounded is quite low on the probability scale. I would not dismiss it entirely but neither would consider it such an immediate concern to fret over.

    If it helps, explore what the alternatives (bus, train, car rental, transport to alternative airports should one be temporarily put out of service) are in advance.

  29. 29.

    oatler.

    March 16, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    Let’s have some reverence for Tennessee Tuxedo, please,

  30. 30.

    Catherine D.

    March 16, 2020 at 7:17 pm

    @Kathleen:  Planes are flying petri plates. Stay home and video conference.

  31. 31.

    Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)

    March 16, 2020 at 7:27 pm

    @Yutsano :

    This video of mine from Tierra del Fuego seems appropriate here.

    King Penguins at Useless Bay

  32. 32.

    planetjanet

    March 16, 2020 at 7:29 pm

    I could not help but smile at this tweet lower in thread with the penguins. Pity the guys on dating apps who now have to learn to talk to women.

    https://twitter.com/kaitlynmcquin/status/1239282973066887168?s=20

    Also from that thread, Idris Elba has Covid-19! Stay safe!

  33. 33.

    KrackenJack

    March 16, 2020 at 8:33 pm

    @planetjanet: I’ll just chat someone up at the bar, gym, gardening club, French class, library, doctor’s waiting room. Hmmm, maybe I’ll stick with the dating apps.

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