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Norwegian penguin promoted in Edinburgh - Lilith7 - 20-10-2024
No, human are not crazy. Not a bit. Knighting a Penguin is perfectly normal.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66580190
RE: Norwegian penguin promoted in Edinburgh - zqwerty - 20-10-2024
That's a lovely picture of the penguin, Sir Nils Olav III, and how those people Edinburgh Zoo employees Lorna Moffat and Michael Livingstone, are admiring him. A special moment in time.
RE: Norwegian penguin promoted in Edinburgh - harm_less - 20-10-2024
There's no shortage of unusual naval traditions and seamen in general are a superstitious lot originating from the risky nature of being at sea I guess. An albatross round your neck...
Anyway it's not too different to granting legal person status to the likes of the Whanganui River for example, again for reasons that aren't immediately apparent.
RE: Norwegian penguin promoted in Edinburgh - Lilith7 - 20-10-2024
I looked up how to pronouce Nils - it sounds very like neice/knees.
https://www.howtopronounce.com/nils