[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
Mark Jose wrote: > On Monday 09 July 2007 21:42, Rob Beard wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but I was thinking about >> looking into adopting a penguin. >> >> I got thinking with school holidays coming up, somewhere like Living >> Coasts would be likely to get a fair few visitors, and if we could adopt >> a Penguin and call it Tux it may get some sort of media coverage. >> >> Details on how to adopt an animal are here: >> http://www.livingcoasts.org.uk/html/index.html >> >> What does everyone think? >> >> Rob > > Sounds a great idea to me! Likewise Newquay Zoo has penguins which are pretty > good fun to watch. I believe, from memory, that there is some sort of plaque > at Paignton Zoo penguin area which mentions Linux - I can't recall exactly > who it was adopted one of them, but I think it was a LUG - not DC though. > What sort of fee do they charge? I can ask about Newquay Zoo tomorrow if you > are interested. > > Mark > According to Living Coasts web site it is about £31 to adopt a penguin. They have two breeds, the Macaroni Pengins (1) and the African Pengin (2). I found a useful site with pictures and information, turns out there is even a Gentoo Pengin (3). (1) http://www.penguins.cl/macaroni-penguins.htm (2) http://www.penguins.cl/african-penguins.htm (3) http://www.penguins.cl/gentoo-penguins.htm I'm sure I could convince the news people where I work to do a story on it, and I bet we could get something in the newspapers. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html