Summary
Intended for the 15-inch-high Australian fairy penguin, the jumpers - picture oversized fingerless gloves - prevent the birds from pecking at, and then swallowing, the toxic oil that can coat their bodies after oil spills. The colourful knits - lavender, bright orange, blue and white stripes, multiple circles, swimming fish patterns - also serve to keep the penguins warm (when they are scrubbed clean by rescue workers, the penguins lose their own natural oils which, like Vaseline, normally protect them from frigid temperatures) and fashionable.
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Penguin Suits
The Hampstead office of Hilary Blume, founder and director of the Charities Advisory Trust, has for the past few months been quietly overrun with one of the world's larges...
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