A Mexican newspaper reports that bored Royal Air Force pilots
stationed on the Falkland Islands have devised what they consider a
marvelous new game. Noting that the local penguins are fascinated
by airplanes, the pilots search out a beach where the birds are
gathered and fly slowly along it at the water's edge. Perhaps ten
thousand penguins turn their heads in unison watching the planes go
by, and when the pilots turn around and fly back, the birds turn
their heads in the opposite direction, like spectators at a
slow-motion tennis match. Then, the paper reports, "The pilots fly
out to sea and directly to the penguin colony and overfly it. Heads
go up, up, up, and ten thousand penguins fall over gently onto
their backs.
-- Audubon Society Magazine
