The Salt Lake Tribune reported Sunday (HT: WorldNetDaily) about a project undertaken by Mormon women in Australia and New Zealand to knit sweaters for penguins. The article has a really cute picture of two penguins wearing their sweaters.
Even though it may sound silly to knit sweaters for penguins, it is helping the survival rate for fairy penguins.
The smallest breed of penguins, often known as "fairy" penguins, tend to get caught in oil spills off the coast of Australia, which can destroy their natural oils or even kill them. Doll size, tight-fitting wool sweaters can keep the penguins warm during the rehabilitation process, and "stop them preening and ingesting the poisonous oil," according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
The sweaters improve penguin survival rate to about 98 percent, the paper reported.
The ladies have already knitted over 1,800 sweaters. Well done!
3 comments:
Interesting on the penguins. I clicked on the link for the picture of the penguins in their sweaters...that's really cute!
Kari,
Who'd have thought penguin sweaters could be such a great thing?!
I think it's a little ugly calling the penguins fairies just because they wear sweaters.
Do the older ones who can no longer get their flippers over their head... do they get cardigans?
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