Saturday, October 22, 2011

Penguin Sweaters! - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast

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Perhaps more of a deviation from the primary focus of my blog, but this article really caught my eye.

"Skeinz, a yarn store in New Zealand, is calling on knitters throughout the world to knit sweaters for the penguins affected by a massive oil spill that occurred earlier this month. The tiny sweaters, while eliciting aww's and squee's, serve a very important function: they prevent the oil-soaked birds from poisoning themselves by preening, as well as keeping them warm before it's their turn to be cleaned up by cleanup workers. And, you know, who doesn't want to save the lives of penguins by dressing them in the most adorable way possible?"