PENGUIN FASHION?

OK... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_fe_st/odd_penguin_wetsuit;_ylt=AgWQSAB3YeVWdiOQ9EX1NeKs0NUE

This definitely can be summed up in one word.....and that word is ........"things". A wetsuit for a senior penguin? I get it, I really do, the penguin was losing his feathers in his old age and was walking around all bare assed and shivering, while the other penguins laughed and called him names like "nudie" or like many of us, just rolled their eyes at the antics of the elderly. Walking around without pants, eating plain flavored foods, and napping in the middle of conversations. Kooky seniors.

Any way, "Pierre", (the penguin, because if i had a pet penguin that would be the first name that came to mind), is all Mr happy pants in his sleek fitted wetsuit. According to this article, Pierre had "fittings" for his new outfit. What!!!!You couldn't get it right the first time? You needed to follow him around and make adjustments? Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't all penguins pretty much the same size and shape?

What really gets me, is this article is making Senior Aquatic Biologist Pam Schaller, look like a genius for coming up with this idea. Don't get me wrong I am sure she is quite intelligent and a whole hell of a lot smarter then I am, but it isn't rocket science, that if you are cold you put on a coat. Besides, other animals have clothes you can dress them up in, why NOT penguins? I like penguins..........

brian