PENGUINS BY AIRSHIP.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12755, 26 September 1919, Page 6

PENGUINS BY AIRSHIP.

Among the more interesting inhabitants of the Antarctic regions are the penguins, which are the most human of all the bird family, walking upright, living in communities, quite unafraid of man, and possessing one trait almost unknown among any other of the socalled lower creatures. That is, the old birds will look after young ones that have strayed from their parents, and tend them as carefully as their own. .a iii'o Antarctic penguin has never been seen m England. One may go furtiwand state that one of these birds has never been seen in the Northern Hemisphere . It is easy enough to catch them, but it is impossible to bring them north. Acustomed to the intense cold of tho Antarctic continent, they cannot stand tropical heat, and die before reaching the equator. By the use of aircrait! however, this could be overcome, as it would be possible for a dirigible to visit the Antarctic, pick up as many penguins as was desired, and travelling back at a sufficient height-say, eight to ten thousand feet—could remain in a temperature quite cool enough to suit the penguins.