1. "the penguine" used a pair of feather tips back to back to form the wing of a traditional english wetfly
2 a streamer using two full feathers including all the fluffy insulation fibers to form a smoult pattern
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Don
I did contact the local aquarium for you. It took a while but they got back to me and the info wasn't positive. They have the rock hoppers and I think Emperor and one other. They told me all of them are protected birds. They suggested I call another zoo in this area but for some reason I'm thinking they will say the same thing. I'm pretty sure you can't use penguins or everyone would be using them. :-)
They can use the feathers for educational purposes. You could try to get a permit to use some of these feathers for Education but let me tell you it ain't easy to do here. I don't know of any pattern in history that had penguin feathers in it either.
Regards,
Deb
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DonO Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 2:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [VFB] Penguin feathers
I was watching discovery last night and a leopard seal was just trashing a flock of penguins trying to get to the ice. After he ate a few, he just killed some more for the sport of it, and left the bodies floating.
Now why can't I have the feathers off of those? No harm, no fowl.
DonO
