[HN Gopher] Do Penguins Have Knees? (2019)
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       Do Penguins Have Knees? (2019)
        
       Author : not_a_boat
       Score  : 89 points
       Date   : 2024-07-29 16:10 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.penguinsinternational.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.penguinsinternational.org)
        
       | z500 wrote:
       | Also the title of an Imponderables book. In the days before
       | search engines got good, you could actually email the author a
       | question and get an answer back.
        
         | taeric wrote:
         | I assumed that was what this was about, and was baffled at the
         | 2019 date on that. :D
         | 
         | Fun series of books. Will have to get my kids to give them a
         | try.
        
         | acheron wrote:
         | I fondly remember _When Did Wild Poodles Roam The Earth?_
        
         | matthewfcarlson wrote:
         | I loved that book as a kid!
        
       | IncRnd wrote:
       | The first point I noticed about the article was the writer's
       | name, Autumn Syracuse. It's one of the most outstanding names
       | I've ever come across.
       | 
       | A: Yes - They are hidden under the feathers at the tops of the
       | legs.
        
       | ordu wrote:
       | I bet it would be fun to have a knee inside your belly. It
       | becomes possible to stir bowels, so digestion would go faster, or
       | you could scratch your liver when it itches.
        
         | onemoresoop wrote:
         | What do you do when the knees themselves itch?
        
           | The5thElephant wrote:
           | Scratch them with your liver.
        
             | g105b wrote:
             | This comment thread is like a Monty Python sketch.
        
           | written-beyond wrote:
           | Put those kidney stones to good use
        
       | gjs4786 wrote:
       | This article was the bee's knees
        
       | hoyd wrote:
       | What a lovely question! I enjoyed reading the answer too.
       | 
       | It reminded me of the childrens book "Did Jesus Ever See a
       | Penguin?"
        
         | gota wrote:
         | Did he?
        
         | taneq wrote:
         | I don't think it's related but we have a copy of 'Does Anything
         | Eat Wasps?' (I think there were a couple of obscure things that
         | do eat them but I'll go check.)
        
       | commandlinefan wrote:
       | I remember a comedian talking about taking his cat to the vet and
       | being told the cat had bad knees. "I didn't even know cats _had_
       | knees, but what do I know? If the vet told me he needs new
       | batteries, I can't argue with him."
        
         | Waterluvian wrote:
         | I once had a vet that was _so good_ about addressing this issue
         | and making sure I was equipped to be part of any decisionmaking
         | process. She would be happy to discuss an issue layer by layer
         | until I felt sufficiently informed. It helped that she was a
         | natural science communicator.
         | 
         | Eventually we moved and I lost that vet but gained a family
         | doctor who was very much the same. Unfortunately he "isn't
         | licensed to treat nonhumans."
        
       | JackFr wrote:
       | Someone is cheating on a LearnedLeague One Day Quiz...
        
       | OldGuyInTheClub wrote:
       | According to comedian Kellen Erskine, no:
       | 
       | "...here's where evolution gets shady, if these poor animals have
       | been walking 80 miles every year for the past 10 million years
       | why don't they have knees yet? The wings haven't worked out for
       | some reason but couldn't they at least get some bendy legs?"
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1imLp-IUzI
        
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