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NY Aquarium Shark Researcher Bit... By A Penguin!

cutepenguin012011.jpg An interesting tidbit over at the NY Times, who interviewed with NY Aquarium shark researcher Hans Walters: penguins will bite you! While he's never been bitten by a shark, he says: "I’ve only been bitten once — by a penguin. It was more like a bad pinch. These animals are our co-workers here; part of our job is teaching them certain behaviors." Those kids who stole a penguin from the aquarium in 1965 are lucky they didn't get bit—surely that animal did not want to be on the subway. (Photos of penguin bites can be found here.)

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