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Nov 30, 2006

Drinking out of a cup with a beak looks like it probably ends up being a pretty messy ordeal.

Caffeine is a stimulant found in the seeds, leaves and fruit of over 60 plants (coffee of course being a main source), though to some insects feeding on those plants it can paralyze and even kill them, a natural pesticide. Besides coffee it is also found in cocoa, that’s why your chocolate comes with an extra pick-me-up. Mmm, chocolate and coffee together, a nice mocha latte, that does it for me. 90% of North America runs on caffeine daily.

I try to limit myself to just one strong cup of coffee each morning, but I’m hooked enough that if I don’t have that I risk a headache. 🙁

Penguin Webcam Time!

If you haven’t been watching the Penguin Webcam, it is time. It is located at at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and captures images of a gentoo penguin colony every 15 minutes. Camera 2 is zoomed in nicely on two nests. Right now the colony is incubating their eggs, so in the coming months you can expect to see some chicks making their way into an icy world.

Much thanks to Martin Grund for putting this project together and the support of the O’Higgins German Research Station.

86 Comments

  1. io says:

    First comment! Cool comic!

  2. Ishmael says:

    Hey Osborne has Happy Feet! 😀

  3. Carlyneese!1! says:

    3rd comment sweeeet
    I LIKE COFFEE

  4. Phizlo says:

    Osborne’s feet must hurt by now. 🙂
    Wally must have been tired strapping Osborne’s feet together. 🙂

  5. Anonymous says:

    nice now he’ll lose that belly fat

  6. qtpa2tnh says:

    Hey , Carlyneese , I want to chat to you in the chatbox ! Good comic .

  7. qtpa2tnh says:

    Hold up …

  8. the_chris says:

    looking at osborne reminds me of myself at the begining of my coffee-filled life 😀 But thankfully I got used to those caffeine-shots by now 😛

  9. hey Ishmael that’s what i was thinking!!! 😀 anyway, MY 13TH BDAY IS IN 6 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ON DEC 6TH!!!! when r u guy’s bday’s? including Tyler!!!!
    taptaptaptap!!! hehehehehe!!!! sorry i’m hyper, but not from caffiene since i don’t drink it!!! sorry for taking up space!!! bye!!

  10. krista says:

    hi i like this website and i love that little comic it is so cool! i like it sooooo much and i hope you do it again this is my fist time being on this website and i’m so happy thanks bye !!!

  11. Shrew says:

    Great comic Tyler, but the grammar in the second panel is driving me crazy. It should be “supposed”…sorry to nitpick, but there you go. 😛

  12. Tyler Martin says:

    Sometimes I purposely give Wally bad grammar. But this is not one of those times, nor is it necessary there so I’ll fix that, thanks!

  13. Cristina says:

    Hi Tyler!
    Do you think you’ll ever do fan art again?

  14. Penguin Guru says:

    I don’t drink coffee anymore, but every once and a while I get a blast of hyperactivity for some reason. It’s fun to get it a school, because I’m usally shy and quiet, so people are always shocked to see me running through the halls giggleing to myself. Ha Ha It just so happens to be happening this morning. Yay!!!!!! I got Happy Feet!!!!!!

  15. Hi everyone!
    Sorry I didn’t give you a fact in WEEKS! I’ll give you a paragraph about polarbears today. Here you are:
    As the world’s largest terrestrial carnivore, the polar bear is the king of the great white north. It might come as a surprise then that this majestic species faces an uncertain future: Climate change is causing the disappearance of sea ice from which polar bears hunt their prey.

    Merry Christmas

  16. Jai Inder Singh says:

    Wow…other people are catching the grammar fever! Awesome! Good grammar, I mean comic, which appparently needs some minor grammar adjustment.

  17. ya no that tyler martin up ther is just Osborne(A. Penguin). 🙂

  18. ya no polar bears can weigh 1,500 pounds, and can stand to be 11 feet tall. not only do polar bears eat fish, they eat grass,seals , and even stranded killer whales! ok, I no that but why can’t wally eat the killer whales and oh ya I almost for got polar bears have 43 teeth when they are grown!

  19. sorry for blurting out all your facts, Emy the polar bear freak!!!!!!.

    sorry for taking up room.

  20. zeel says:

    like the comic

    is thar somone tochat to

  21. SportyBlonde! says:

    Cute

  22. Joepro says:

    Remember Me? I’m back…

  23. Dorlaem says:

    hmm… coffee makes me sleepy… makes me dance when I fall asleap :p

  24. qtpa2tnh says:

    Where’s today’s comic ?

  25. Airtra says:

    pie is sooooooooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooooooooddd

  26. Airtra says:

    I dont like coffee……………

  27. io says:

    coffees great! the delicios smell, the great taste, how can you not like it?! ohh, and mocha….

  28. Jai Inder Singh says:

    Whoa! Zeel gets the most improved award. Just add some spaces, and maybe switch some of those vowels, and we’ll be on track.

  29. zeel says:

    thank you “Jai Inder Singh”

  30. Ferrety Penguin says:

    caffine is sweet

  31. I can’t talk in the chatbox on the top

  32. purple people eater says:

    haha I love how osborne looks wit a cup of coffee in his hands. Haha!

  33. Roi says:

    I don’t have too much coffee. I love the taste of it, but I usually have no time in the morning, I am too busy trying to get to school on time. I hate having coffee the rest of the day. Now, green tea, on the other hand, makes it much easier to get addicted to caffeine. I don’t have any of that, though. Actually, I do, but it is the drop-in-hot-water kind, and it takes time to make.
    I hate time.

  34. Running in place is very tirering and if he’s been doing it for half an hour than he is either drinking a lot of coffee or penguins weren’t meant to drink coffee. I’m thinking it’s the second one, because caffine is a drug that goes into your brain and prevents a part of your body to land down and rest. That part would be the one that causes you to sleep and get tired. So scince a penguins brain isn’t as large as a human brain it would have a humungous effect and could even kill Osborne. Lets just hope I’m wrong.

  35. Click on my name for a cool site!

  36. Wyrdo says:

    Hi
    I’m back again, I love the smell of coffee but hate the taste, it is so bitter. On the other hand I love tea (PG Tips is my favourite brand, and Earl Gray my favourite flavour (except normal plain tea) and Redbush comes a close third).

  37. Anonymous says:

    Wydro i agree smells good tastes bad, yuck

  38. Jacob the penguin freak says:

    wally should find cocoa

    Apple juice comic please

  39. Elnaith says:

    Dang, I love the look on osborne’s face in panel 1.. Keep up the good work ^_^,

  40. Toni says:

    FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  41. Toni says:

    NOT THE FUNNIEST.

  42. Great comics… can’t wait for the next one! I like your facts Emy the Polar Bear Freak!!!!!! 😀 I hope you enjoy mine. If anyone has a question I am happy to answer your question.

    Sorry for not posring for a while. 🙁 Here is a fact that is a little longer.

    Did you know…..

    Emperors live in colonies. Some colonies are quite far from the open water. In the winter they can be as far as 50 miles away!!

  43. I mean “posting” not “posring”. oops 🙁

  44. Cristina says:

    I was just curious if Tyler was ever gonna add any more categories to the archives, most of them are uncategorized. Maybe at least a “new home” category since there are a bunch of them! 😉

  45. Bryan says:

    Lol, nice comic.
    It just so happens that on one of the online games i play my name is mymocha. 😉

  46. Jacob the penguin freak says:

    osborne has happy feet because his dad dropped his egg because he was cheerful

  47. Jai Inder Singh says:

    TOUCH DOWN TO ZEEL! There is nothing missing up there, though I have to wonder about the quotation marks. If you had just said you were spelling strangely intentionally, I wouldn’t have given you so much grief, man!

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