The deep South
The wildlife that makes its home in the coldest place in the world—Antarctica—is visited in the first episode of Bill Burrud’s “Animal World,” from CHTV3 on Wednesday afternoon. The stars of this episode are the prolific penguins which inhabit this remote and forbidding world. They ■ are the Emperor penguins -and their smaller cousins, the Adelle; Alsojseen in the premiere; are«tte itotorious skua birds, often called the 'hawks' 5 of ~ the Antarc--Bc,'., a#’ y leopard seal hiditing foY ’his dinner and th s Husky dbg, the only animal which isn’t native to the region. The Husky was brought to .Antarctica by early explorers ,of the area. In the bburse of “Animal World,” Bumid will, tell Stones of such creatures as Vampire bats, Midway's antic “gooney” birds, the huge green sea turtle, crocodiles, polar bears, Africa’s lions, tigers, and elephants, and domesticated house pets.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32406, 19 September 1970, Page 4
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145The deep South Press, Volume CX, Issue 32406, 19 September 1970, Page 4
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