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Stella.20.Woman.
College student.Feminist.Abolitionist.
Believes in the power of love, hope, and people.
Will never stop learning, informing, fighting.

"One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star."
inothernews: An account of a rare sighting: that of a leucistic, or a nearly all-white penguin, by a National Geographic expedition team in Antarctica: Despite colorful variation in facial patterns, all penguins are decked in the standard black and white pattern. This is no accident. Counter-shading camouflage in so necessary to diving birds that all are fundamentally alike. But to our astonishment we found an exception. At the water’s edge stood a leucistic Chinstrap. This bird was whitish, but not quite an albino. Instead, it had pigmented eyes and a washed-out version of a Chinstrap’s normal pattern. Many wondered about this unusual bird’s chances of success. While odd coloration may make fishing a bit more difficult, leucistic birds are regularly found breeding normally.
thedailywhat: Homeward Bound of the Day: After two months of recuperation at Wellington Zoo, Happy Feet, the first Emperor Penguin ever sighted in the wild on New Zealand’s North Island, was released back into the waters of the Southern Ocean, 50 miles north of Campbell Island. Wellington Zoo veterinarian Lisa Argilla said Happy Feet needed a bit of “gentle encouragement” to enter the water. “He slid down his specially designed penguin slide backwards,” she said, “but once he hit the water he spared no time in diving off away from the boat and all those ‘aliens’ who have been looking after him for so long.” “It’s been a pleasure to have Happy Feet onboard,” said voyage leader Richard O’Driscoll. “We are just happy to help him on his journey home.” Watch the first leg of the little guy’s big journey start below: You can track Happy Feet’s swim back home to Antarctica with this nifty tracking map. [stuff.co.nz / video: afp.]