Bloom County 2019 by Berkeley Breathed for May 04, 2017

And that’s Opus’ number-one concern, in brief.

Don’t tell them about Arctic Circle.

Opus: “Hey, you guys aren’t Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and…where’s Private?”

They’re DEFINITELY embarrassed.

Um, you don’t have to wear Fruit of the Looms that way. I see your grapes.

Gee, I didn’t realize that today was World Penguin Day…

World Penguin Day was last week! Better work on your timing, Berkeley.

I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Opus is really the last surviving Great Auk that were called “penguins” first. A giant one died out because of human action.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/08/19/plot-hatched-to-reintroduce-extinct-great-auk-to-british-shores/

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Plot hatched to reintroduce extinct great auk to British shores

*“It’s British, it’s large and it’s dramatic looking – black and white.”

Other “de-extinction” projects already taking place include those to restore the woolly mammoth, passenger pigeon and heath hen.

In each case the extinct genomes have been thoroughly sequenced, along with the genomes of their closest living relatives.

Our natural history collection included some 19th Century egg collecting tools. One item was a catalog from ca. 1900 with a pencil notation that Great Auk eggs were available for £200/-

Embarrassed, for sure. Face it: Opus is not a good representative of his species (whatever “pengie”-thing that may be)….