It seems life for penguins down in Antarctica mirrors life in America. Both Americans and penguins try to improve their fortunes through hard work, and reinvest their labor in their homes:
The birds build their stone nests to elevate and protect their eggs from run-off when the Antarctic ice melts. Males with the best nests are more likely to attract a mate, so, in a colony of half a million penguins, the best stones are highly prized.
However, it seems some penguins also share the same desires for redistribution as the protesters at Occupy Wall Street. The BBC has captured footage of penguins that would prefer to seize the carefully accumulated wealth of other penguins rather than working hard to build their own nests:
[The BBC] managed to capture a remarkable sequence, with one penguin repeatedly returning to its nest to add stones, apparently unaware of the fact that his neighbour would steal a stone every time his nest was unattended.
Unfortunately, the penguin that loses his stones fails to realize his loss; hopefully, Americans will be better prepared. The rest of this story and the video here.





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