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The Penguins: Mating
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Instead, "Whatever it takes" has been hijacked like the penguins' ship: "Whatever it takes...to close Guantanamo Bay." "Whatever it takes...to kill the Patriot Act." "Whatever it takes...to block any conservative nominees." "Whatever it takes...to pull out of Iraq." "Whatever it takes...to wait out the next three years until Kerry/Edwards/Hillary/Biden/Dean/Cynthia McKinney can become president."
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Researchers such as Kooyman have discovered that satellite imagery is a cost-effective and efficient route in obtaining annual records on the penguin populations. For the last two years, satellite imagery has served as supporting material to the team's field research, and Kooyman expects imagery to help replace many field research excursions, which can be extremely time consuming and costly.
macaroni.gif Part of their adaptation to the cold includes oily, unwettable feathers which cover the outer layers of penguins (and what gives that distinguished, well dressed look). Underneath is a layer of soft down feathers and under that a thick layer of fat. This keeps the penguins so warm they will actually fluff their feather to released trapped heat in order to cool down.
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From the title, they probably think this book is only about penguins and doom. Too bad they haven't read inside, or they'd ... know about the mad scientists, robot doubles, rock stars, skateboards, shrink rays, empty yogurt containers, mysteriously-missing triplets, and other stuff that wouldn't fit in the title.
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Pre-reading Activity: Explain to students that penguins have existed for at least 50 million years. Have students to draw a picture of how they think a prehistoric penguin would have looked like.
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