PENGUINS AND LOVE
Penguins
are designed for life in the sea. Some species spend as much as 75% of their
lives in the water.
(They lay their eggs and to raise their chicks on land.) Heavy, solid bones act
like a diver's weight belt, allowing them to stay underwater. Their wings, shaped
like flippers, help them "fly" underwater at speeds up to 15 mph. A streamlined
body, paddle-like feet, insulating blubber, and watertight feathers all add to
their efficiency and comfort underwater. They also have a remarkable deep-diving
ability.
In addition to blubber for insulating warmth, penguins have stiff, tightly packed feathers (up to 70 per sq. in.) that overlap to provide waterproofing. They coat their feathers with oil from a gland near the tail to increase impermeability. Black and white
counter shading makes them nearly invisible to predators from above and below.
Like most birds, penguins have little or no sense of smell (a boon for those in a crowded penguin rookery!) Like other birds, their sense of taste is also limited. Their vision appears to be better when they are underwater. Scientists suspect they may be nearsighted on land.
Penguins are considered to be the most social of birds. Rookeries may contain thousands of individuals. (As many as 24 million penguins visit the Antarctic continent!) Even at sea, they tend to swim and feed in groups.
Most species of penguins build nests, but the nests may consist only of a pile of rocks or scrapings or hollows in the dirt. Emperor penguins build no nests; they hold the egg on top of their feet under a loose fold of skin called the brood patch.
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Love!
All you ever wanted was love, but you never looked hard enough.-Coldplay Lyrics
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. -1 John 4:8
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. -1 John 4:16
Being God's child isn't about following a list of rules; it's about loving others.
God�s love for us is no secret. It�s written all over His face, and it should be on our face as well.
�Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.� �1 Corinthians 13:4-13
�We love Him, because He first loved us.� �1 John 4:19
I will run and hide `til, memories fade away. And I will leave behind a love so strong.� �Red Lyrics
Song: Pachelbel - Canon - [Remixed!]
Last update on: November 13, 2008