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SunMoon&Stars
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At the risk of sounding like an idiot - penguins?
SunMoon&Stars
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....what do the penguins in everyone's siggies mean? I know they have some significance, but I can't be here that much anymore. Please fill me in!
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Re: At the risk of sounding like an idiot - penguins?
***JillAly posted this just the other day, and I thought it was a great explanation:
It's been adopted as the mascot on the IF board. Why a penguin?
The Emporer Penguin is the strongest of all penguins. They are the only ones brave enough to breed during the Antartic winter and they travel an enormous distance (31-75 miles every year) over the ice to lay a single egg. After the female lays an egg, she entrusts the male partner to protect and incubate the egg while she returns to the sea to get food for herself and the baby- and then travels that distance again to give the baby the food. Then the male and female take turns guarding and feeding the baby and share in the parenting responsibilities throughout the year. The Emporer Penguins are very social penguins and all those in the colony help eachother and will even take over parenting duties when needed.
Seems to fit women and their dh's going through IF - and the long journey we all take