[The Mothman]

Originally Posted by newb

Penguins, those well-dressed fish-eating, deep-diving birds of the Far South, have ventured into Alaska waters more than once. And several penguin experts at the University of Washington say they almost certainly hitched rides to the northern hemisphere aboard fishing boats.

The strange appearance of penguins in the Far North didn’t occur, for instance, due some bizarre global climatic shift. Or through some extraordinary migration gone 5,000 miles off course.

Blame the old cute-o-meter.

“The crews keep the penguins as pets on board the boat. They’re appealing,” said Amy Van Buren, a UW doctoral student in biology, in a news release about the findings. “People keep them around because they’re so cute.”


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