Comments on: The global penguin – Part 6. Hitching a ride south http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/08/19/the-global-penguin-%e2%80%93-part-6-hitching-a-ride-south/ Our place, our voices Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:10:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The global penguin – Part 12. The final word? « Te Papa's Blog http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/08/19/the-global-penguin-%e2%80%93-part-6-hitching-a-ride-south/#comment-27796 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:21:10 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=10199#comment-27796 [...] The global penguin – Part 6. Hitching a ride south [...]

]]> By: The global penguin – Part 11. How old was the Peka Peka emperor penguin? « Te Papa's Blog http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/08/19/the-global-penguin-%e2%80%93-part-6-hitching-a-ride-south/#comment-20302 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:28:43 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=10199#comment-20302 [...] The global penguin – Part 6. Hitching a ride south [...]

]]> By: Greta http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/08/19/the-global-penguin-%e2%80%93-part-6-hitching-a-ride-south/#comment-9988 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:35:58 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=10199#comment-9988 I too, have become obsessed with Happy Feet! I am wondering, do you think he swam all the way to NZ or could he have hitched a ride part of the way on an iceberg?

]]> By: Hans http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/08/19/the-global-penguin-%e2%80%93-part-6-hitching-a-ride-south/#comment-9973 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:16:09 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=10199#comment-9973 I have been following this this story for some time. Based on my reading of the map, the Tangaroa appears to be heading north. Is there something that I don’t understand?

]]> By: pappy :-) http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/08/19/the-global-penguin-%e2%80%93-part-6-hitching-a-ride-south/#comment-9908 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:28:26 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=10199#comment-9908 Hi,

I am not on Facebook, but I have been following Happy Feet since August 7th, when I saw a link on some other website.
I have since become obsessed with him, to say the least.
I have emailed Oprah Winfrey to see if she could somehow help finance a trip for Sir Happy Feet that would get him much closer than the 3000 or 4000 kilometres (1900 to 2500 miles) from his home than the one they are planning.

(I tried to post a copy of my email to her on this blog, but it didn’t show up, so I tried again, and it said that I was posting an identical message, so I guess it wouldn’t take all that information.)

Anyway, she really is a Saint, and I hope this helps him somehow.

pappy :-)

]]> By: madilyn http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/08/19/the-global-penguin-%e2%80%93-part-6-hitching-a-ride-south/#comment-9907 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:29:52 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=10199#comment-9907 Does anybody know if he is going to be released near an island? / with other penguins? Just asking due to “confusion” where I’ve read he’s being dropped off to an area with other juvenile penguins. then I’ve read where his release, just seems like he’d be by himself,,,,.. I’m hoping he will be around other penguins, & not alone, where his chances of survival would be better in numbers…. Thanks for your help,,
Madilyn

]]> By: Saphira Brilliant Nrew http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/08/19/the-global-penguin-%e2%80%93-part-6-hitching-a-ride-south/#comment-9903 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:29:29 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=10199#comment-9903 Your welcome, fantastic blog Colin :0)

]]> By: Colin Miskelly http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/08/19/the-global-penguin-%e2%80%93-part-6-hitching-a-ride-south/#comment-9902 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:09:00 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=10199#comment-9902 Thanks the photo Saphira – now inserted in the blog!

]]> By: Saphira Brilliant Nrew http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/08/19/the-global-penguin-%e2%80%93-part-6-hitching-a-ride-south/#comment-9901 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:25:11 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=10199#comment-9901 I was at the Zoo on Friday 19 August and was the only one to witness his very first swim of his own volition – it was truely awesome experience. Lasted about 2-3 minutes and have many photos of this event.

]]> By: Antje http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/08/19/the-global-penguin-%e2%80%93-part-6-hitching-a-ride-south/#comment-9900 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 01:39:32 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=10199#comment-9900 ps. Returning to catching his food he’ll be in his element. Even pets, dogs, cats, and so on, change to a kind of “unknown creatures”, kind of “beasts,” when their hunting-instinct is awakened by the track of wild animals or by the movement of a mouse even after being handfed for some months or years. Perhaps Happy Feet some days will be a little hungry. But hunger is the worlds best hunter…. ;-)

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