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Re: A few concerns/questions before 1st purchase

Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:38 pm
by symmes
Alistair wrote:This reminds me of an amusing tale. When Harriers (aircraft, not birds) were deployed to the Falklands male penguins found them extremely attractive. In fact the entire male population of a certain colony would gather at the end of the runway to await the next take-off. I even heard that as the Harrier overflew them most of the male penguins would fall over in complete ecstasy. The overall effect of this behaviour was absolutely disastrous for the colony's fortunes, what with all the lady penguins being ignored, abandoned and neglected.
Snopes says that this (or a less salacious version of it, anyhow) is an urban legend:

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/penguin.asp