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To: DMaA who wrote (21195)	1/31/2001 2:23:20 PM
From: Scrapps	Respond to of 22053

I got it off the Dow Jones news wire, but am unable to cut and paste. Here is something from the WSJ... public.wsj.com

To: DMaA who wrote (21195)	2/1/2001 3:44:21 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 22053

Study: Penguins Do Not Topple Watching Aircraft Thursday February 1 1:46 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Do penguins topple over when they peer into the sky watching planes and helicopters fly over? Finally, a full blown scientific study has come up with the answer. They may waddle away in fright but they do NOT lose their balance and topple over. Rumors of falling penguins have abounded since British plane and helicopter pilots returning from the 1982 Falklands War claimed their flights had toppled the earth-bound birds. To settle the issue, a favorite of cartoonists and penguin jokes, environmental research scientist Richard Stone spent five weeks watching helicopters fly over two King Penguin colonies in the Antarctic, studying their effect on more than 1,000 birds. ``We saw birds moving away from the noise (of helicopters and planes),'' he said. ``Not a single bird fell over after 17 flights.'' ``As it (the helicopter) approached, the birds went quiet,'' he said. ``They didn't appear to turn around and look.'' Some birds waddled away from the helicopters. Others became quiet. A few minutes later, they waddled back. ``We don't know if it's the noise or the visual aspect -- whether it looks like a potential predator,'' Stone said. o~~~ O