Ever wondered about your inner penguin? Then there's a quiz you'll want to take.
(Reuters / April 24, 2013)
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Who can resist those snappy little personality quizzes? Somehow it feels as though some great mystery about ourselves will be revealed, though it never is.
Still, you might have been spending a lot of time wondering whether you’re an Adelie sort of penguin or a Chinstrap. The people at Pew Charitable Trusts’ environmental group seemingly have been aware of how many sleepless nights you’ve had pondering this very issue, so they came up with a Penguin Personality Quiz.
The official reason is that Thursday is World Penguin Day -- because of course every month, every week, every day, is named for something, and I’m not just talking about the sun, the moon and Norse gods.
I’m not sure how we got into all this cute naming of days in honor of one concept or another, but in any case, penguins are apparently so cute that they take up two days every year -- there’s also a Penguin Awareness Day in January -- leaving very little room for all the other species whose habitats are shrinking.
And the real reason is to drum up support for a far more serious test later this year: Will two dozen nations plus the European Union vote to create a marine sanctuary in the waters off Antarctica? Russia and China are the biggest obstacles to the idea, which is supported by most of the other nations.
Into saving penguins? Then you might want to check to see if you have an Emperor in you. Penguins apparently have pretty simple personalities; the quiz is very short.
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Me? I'm an Adelie! *honk*
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