7/4: Coated birds

Undertoad · 07-04-2001, 08:51 AM

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Penguin mannequins model newly-knitted protective woolen coats in Launceston, Tasmania. Australia's fairy penguins are set for both the winter and oil spills after over 1,000 tiny woollen jerseys were specially knitted and sent from as far away as Japan to the Island state of Tasmania.

The jerseys, which cover the 40cm (15 inches) tall penguins from neck to ankle, stop oil-coated birds preening themselves and ingesting poisonous oil. The woollen jersey appeal was initiated by the Tasmanian Conservation Trust after oil spills on the coast of Tasmania but were inundated by jerseys made by elderly ladies in nursing homes who often made the outfits in their favorite football teams' colors.

07-04-2001, 08:51 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/4: Coated birds [IMG]pictures/coatedbirds.jpg[/IMG] Penguin mannequins model newly-knitted protective woolen coats in Launceston, Tasmania. Australia's fairy penguins are set for both the winter and oil spills after over 1,000 tiny woollen jerseys were specially knitted and sent from as far away as Japan to the Island state of Tasmania. The jerseys, which cover the 40cm (15 inches) tall penguins from neck to ankle, stop oil-coated birds preening themselves and ingesting poisonous oil. The woollen jersey appeal was initiated by the Tasmanian Conservation Trust after oil spills on the coast of Tasmania but were inundated by jerseys made by elderly ladies in nursing homes who often made the outfits in their favorite football teams' colors.

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