i can't even remember how i got interested in it, but i love cold climates and the idea of such an extreme wilderness where death can be such a real occurance is very exciting in my eyes...plus there are those penguins and i got started in collecting the penguin figurines after seeing the new penguin exhibit at Moody Gardens 6 yrs ago...they have this huge almost two story tank that they live in with stairs that wrap around it so on the bottom level you can see them swimming under the ice that makes up the top layer where they just rest and play around. they've recently started a new thing there where they dip the penguins feet in non-toxic paint and let them waddle across these huge sheets of paper and they make their little foot prints in different colored paint and the papers are then cut down to 8x10s and sold for $10 a piece and the money goes towards taking care of the penguins....i have yet to get my own painting. :grin:
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