The NY Times Sunday ran an obit on a zoologist who became a leading expert on the libido of Antarctic penguins. While they all appear to look alike, in a colony of 30,000, couples can identify each other by their distinct cries, beak lifting and ecstatic flipper-flapping. Their love making can take place under the most adverse weather conditions, including gales of sixty miles per hour! Such sheer determination! (Black tie required.)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/science/william-jl-sladen-expert-on-penguin-libidos-is-dead-at-96.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront
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