It turns out that sweaters can be used to save post oil-spill penguins.
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LDS women in New South Wales have undertaken an unusual service project, knitting sweaters for cousins to the loveable stars of the Academy Award-winning documentary narrated by Freeman.The smallest breed of penguins, often known as "fairy" penguins, tend to get caught in oil spills off the coast of Australia, which can destroy their natural oils or even kill them. Doll size, tight-fitting wool sweaters can keep the penguins warm during the rehabilitation process, and "stop them preening and ingesting the poisonous oil," according to The Sydney Morning Herald,
The sweaters improve penguin survival rate to about 98 percent, the paper reported.
neat!
Im a morman in mia-maids and i LOVE penguins. I think this is a really neat service project.
-Nicole, age 14
Posted by: Nicole | December 17, 2008 at 22:02
did this ladyy really put sweaters on these poor damn penguins??
Posted by: saleena | March 15, 2010 at 20:31