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Patagonia: Land of Penguins!



Respectfully,

T. N.
Professor Emeritus
The Royal Zoological Society of Chilbonia

Most of the penguins you will find here in southern Patagonia are the "magellanic penguins" Spheniscus magellanicus . There are a couple of well known rookeries that can be visited down near Punta Arenas. The rookeries on the mainland are subject to predation from marauding foxes.

Every once in a while a different species of penguin will get lost and find its way into the channels near where I live. I took this picture of what appears to be an emperor penguin in 2001 in Señoret Channel near Puerto Natales.

patagoniax wrote:Every once in a while a different species of penguin will get lost.....

O my Sheikh:

May you never be lost!

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The Faith of a Starving Man

Once, there was a wandering dervish of great piety and faith who was starving and lost in the desert. As he was walking along an old pathway in search of something to eat, he found an empty fruit sack that had been thrown by the road by a previous passer-by. The dervish picked up the sack and swung it over his shoulder while praying loudly, "Thank God for giving a starving man an empty sack of fruit," as he continued to walk.

After he walked some more, he came across on old hunting bow whose string was broken. He picked up the bow and put it in his sack, and prayed out loud, "Thank God for giving a starving man a hunting bow with a broken string."

A bit further down the road, he saw an old tree that was dead and bore no fruit. He broke a few dry branches off of the old tree and put them in his sack, and again said loudly, "Thank God for leading a starving man to a dead fruit tree," and then he continued his way.

He walked some more and found a dented old cooking pot. He picked up the old pot off the ground, blew the dust off of it and put it in his sack too. He again loudly prayed, "Thank god for giving a starving man a dented old pot full of dust."

As he continued walking, he found on the ground a fishing hook but no fishing pole. He picked up the fishing hook, put it in his sack and again declared loudly, "Thank God for giving a starving man a fishing hook with no fishing pole."

Finally, after days of walking, his path ended in at a river that was so large he couldn’t see the other side. The old dervish fell to his knees at the river bank and prayed loudly, "Thank God for leading a starving man to a river so great that he cannot hope to cross it."

Then, he tied the fishing hook to the broken string on the hunting bow, and using it as a fishing pole, he caught himself a fish that he cooked in the old pot over a fire he had made from the dried tree branches.

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That's the story.

May your life last long.

Yamantako

yamantako wrote:Then, he tied the fishing hook to the broken string on the hunting bow, and using it as a fishing pole, he caught himself a fish that he cooked in the old pot over a fire he had made from the dried tree branches.

I think I know that dervish. Name was Goldberg.

Yes. You have more penguins in Patagonia, no doubt about it, but there are penguins in Chile way up north as well. In Coquimbo, for instance.

Like these:

pinguin wrote:Yes. You have more penguins in Patagonia, no doubt about it

Yes. A true and honest statement, no doubt about it.

May you always be true and honest, like now.

It is related, that:

..... people are easily pleased when even hypocritically you flatter them; and when you pay attention to them, even just by listening to what they have to say, it pleases them. Otherwise, they quickly get bored with the conversation. But even if people don't get along well with us, we have to be honest. Always to behave with honesty is right for the human being.

As God said to His prophet, "Be upright, as you have been commanded to be!" [Surah Hud, 11: 112; Surah Shura, 42:15]. You are honest and upright; stay honest. Demonstrate honesty!

No matter how often I call that which is crooked "straight," it won't change it.....

~ Moments with Shams:
Words of Wisdom of Rumi's Teacher
(Selections from the Maqalat of Shams-i Tabriz)

May your intellect be keen and sharp, as it is right now.

Yamantako

yamantako wrote:...
Yes. A true and honest statement, no doubt about it.

May you always be true and honest, like now.

At least I try.

May your patience be preserved for a lot of posts.