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: Quest For the Beak: Part V
May 7, 2007

“Mmm, Gelflings!”

Well, we finally get to see the Giant Petrel King. Giant petrels are known as the vultures of Antarctica. Aside from the Wandering Albatross they are about the largest of the scavenger birds there and able to dominate in the feasting of carcasses. They’re carrion feeding ways earned them the name “Stinker” from whalers. They are also not strangers to feeding on singled out penguin chicks or even sick or weak penguins.

I forgot to mention snow petrels the other day, when Howie showed up in the comic. They are definitely much prettier and smaller than their vulture-like cousins. They feed mostly on fish and krill but will feed on carrion as well. They are also pretty much exclusive to Antarctica being one of the only bird species that breed exclusively on the continent (along with emperor penguins and South Polar skuas). They usually nest in rock cliffs near the sea. Video footage of them bathing in the snow (rolling around on their backs in it) seems to be popular among Antarctic documentaries and is pretty cute as well.

192 Comments

  1. just_another_penguin_lover says:

    I’m gettin tired of this comic strip, WE NEED a NEW ONE! 😡 Its ok take your time tyler….whatever, we will all just sit here in agony, waiting, and waiting and waiting.lol

  2. Cristina says:

    yes i agree with just_another_penguin_lover, we’ll just wither away from w&o dehydration………
    im melting…. melting………. j/k

  3. Friendly Penguin says:

    OH MY GOSH! I’M GONNA DIE FROM LACKOFWALLYANDOSBORNEITIS! HELP ME DR. MARTIN, OH PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED A CURE QUICKLY, OR I’LL DIE OF LACKOFWALLYANDOSBORNEITIS!!!!!

  4. Friendly Penguin says:

    *GURGLE GURGLE…*
    *COUGH COUGH COUGH HACK!*
    ARRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    H-H-HEEEEEELP!
    HEEEEEELP!
    *BELCHISH NOISES*
    OH NO I CAN’T BREATHE….
    *GASP GASP WHEEZE WHEEZE*
    LIGHT FADING… LIMBS GROWING COLD… I SEE A TUNNEL… GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER, IS THAT YOU? I’M COMING…
    *GASP* IT’S NEARLY TOO LATE…
    SAVE ME DR. MARTIN, PLEASE…

  5. Friendly Penguin says:

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO- COUGH COUGH… HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPP
    😆 😕 🙁 😥
    OH NO OSBORNE HAD LACKOFWALLYANDOSBORNEITIS AND SPREAD IT TO WALLY! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-
    *GURG-*
    HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP……….

  6. Ravenpaw101 says:

    Hey y’all! OH NO!!! FRIENDLY’S DYING!!! WHY HER!!! WHY FRIENDLY PENGUIN!!! SHE’S THE FRIENDLIST PENGUIN EVER!!!

    😆 OH NO!!
    😕 I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON!!!
    🙁 FRIENDLY’S SAD ABOUT SOMETHING!!!
    😥 OH NO!!! FRIENDLY PENGUIN SPREAD LACKOFWALLYANDOSBORNEITIS TO ME!!!

  7. Friendly Penguin says:

    STEVE-O, KOOKOO2.0, WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, CRISTINA, JUST_ANOTHER_PENGUIN_LOVER, CLUBPENGUINDUDE, ZEEL, ALL YOU OTHER PEOPLE, TRY NOT TO CATCH LACKOFWALLYANDOSBORNEITIS FROM ME… THE WORLD IS NOT AT ALL SAFE *SAVE*THE*USERS*OR*THE*COMIC*WORLD*WILL*BE*DESTROYED*

  8. clubpenguindude says:

    It’s not THAT bad!gosh, anyway i won’t be able to comment i think cuz i’m going to D.C. bye y’all. And there is no such thing as lackofwhatchamathinge….or something

  9. Cristina says:

    wow i guessed there wouldn’t be a new comic here when i came and i was right!
    Horay for optimism!

  10. clubpenguindude says:

    You forgot Emperor, GGPRCAKLWDSAP(EFHTSP)ASAKWAWUTBKK2.0WUTBKKKKKK2.1WUTBKK2.0WUTBK!
    *phew* And yes, i’m still here!but not for long.

  11. Giant petrel king looks awesome! 😎 But skuas are better! :mrgreen:
    I like the shock look and the eek! 😯 😯 😯 😯 😮 😮 😮 😮

  12. Seraphine says:

    I’m the same way. I miss the obvious is everything!
    I prefer to think people who do this concentrate more and are focused in a different direction than everyone else. It’s an asset. Really.

  13. Tonie says:

    seriously which one of you ❓ 😕 😕 😕 ❓ 😕 😐

  14. Jonah says:

    I like the Btton in the left corner! I figured out how to change it! 😀

  15. bellyac says:

    i’m awesome

  16. Friendly Penguin says:

    don’t mind me

  17. Error: please type a comment.

  18. Now my ”website” is my neopets lookup page

  19. steve-o says:

    Friendly, at 10:50 by club penguin time meet me on the very last server in america. If theres not 2 spaces go to the one above it and so on and so forth

  20. steve-o says:

    oh and lets meet at the ice rink

  21. Friendly Penguin says:

    i might be a little late so don’t worry if i don’t show up, i may be there in like two minutes 🙂

  22. Friendly Penguin says:

    And also, I’m going onto club penguin right now

  23. Friendly Penguin says:

    steve-o there’s enough room in snow plow server, we can go there right now

  24. i usually go on a canadian server, mostly north pole and glacier

  25. waffle_man says:

    no really…which one is the bleepy-bleepy king ❓

  26. I think the king is the fellow with the eggshell hat… Or maybe the dude with the beak around his neck is it… one of those two fellows… or maybe the dude with the band around his leg…

  27. Friendly Penguin says:

    bye bye ”website”

    we get a 9 day weekend!

    well really not the whole class but us cuz they’re going on a field trip for a week and we weren’t going, so we have a whole long weekend it’s soo awesome and i’m like 😮 it’s soo cool and then i’m like 😕 cuz we can’t go…

  28. Friendly Penguin says:

    hey, it’s 11:38
    this is 1 hour behind
    for me

  29. emily says:

    COOL! i did not know there were smilies!
    🙂 :mrgreen: 😛 😀 😉 😆 😎
    😎 😎 😎

  30. Sarah da penguin lvr :twisted: says:

    wassup everyone?

  31. Cristina says:

    well a lot of the fonts are changing ( i like them btw) but still no new comic… 😥 😥 😥 😥 😥

  32. 😥 love the new box thingies next to your name! N.C.P!

  33. clubpenguindude says:

    I’m baaaaaaaaaaack! yaaaay!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

  34. :mrgreen: sad just sad 😮 😮 😮 😮 😮

  35. Great comic Tyler ur the reson Wallys my fav. caracter he rox almost as much as u 😎

  36. Poppy says:

    Oh. Freindly penguin THANKYOU! What was your comic? REPLY!!!!!!!!! REPLY!!!!!!! Unlike you, I think, I am English. I am not a grown up, it’s just I am really good at spelling. Bye!

  37. Poppy says:

    WAAIIT A MINUTE! 😯 🙂
    The whale carcass got up there: “HOLY SWEET WHALE CARCASS!” (hypnotic noises)

  38. Poppy says:

    SEMAKORA, I MEAN IN W AND O SMILIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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