While the world’s attention is elsewhere:
Helmet-Wearing Seals Enlisted as Environmental Detectives
AccuWeather | Mar. 3, 2022 | Zachary RosenthalMore than a half dozen Weddell seals, each with a futuristic monitoring device weighing just over a pound strapped to their heads, have been helping Japanese researchers learn about the waters under Antarctica’s ice sheet, according to a report from Reuters.
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The researchers, who are studying the impact of global warming on Antarctica’s coastal habitats, hope to outfit penguins with a similar helmet next time.
Pinni Feds.
Penguins now are practically Chechens.
If I see wildlife sporting helmets I’m outta here.
Omni-deer-ectional? The moose-ad.
That’s government for you: ruttin’ to the corps.
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I marched with the Pequins once in Anartica but I woke up as one was trying to force feed me a boney dead fish.
regurgitated.
…and refrigerated.
Easier to control penguins than people. Soon the government will be genociding citizens and replacing them with penguins. Probably Joe’s idea.
I was wondering why everyone seems to be wearing tuxes these days.