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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. steve-o says:

    51, I never thought I would make it so early with the new comic 😎 😎 😎 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 😉 😉 will…set…comic….as…ne…w…wa…llp…ape…r com…ic too…co…olruhf98dhnfve98dhvdhnveufv8ughrtvbrufdjvdjfipujb nhrsyfdGH87UYGH79UGHBgby7ugb7yughbrgbhfvnbr~hbty12W312EW2FD3E7YRHF

  2. steve-o says:

    SO MUCH FUN :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 😐 😐 😈 😈 ➡ 😯 😯 🙂 🙂 😕 😕 😎 😎 👿 👿 😀 😀 💡 💡 😳 😳 😛 😛 🙄 🙄 😉 😉 😥 😥 😮 😮 😆 😆 😡 😡 😆 😆 🙁 🙁 ❗ ❗ ❓ ❓ 😡 😡

  3. damboozle says:

    i was trying to make a smiley that looked stupid.

  4. Wyrdo says:

    hey geat comic, tyler just read it 😀

  5. Poppy says:

    😯

  6. Poppy says:

    What is the difference between 😈 twisted and 👿 evil?

  7. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 😎 😎 😀 😀 😉 😉 😛 😛 😛 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 I like the new SMILEYS ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗

  8. Is anyone else on this website ❓ If not I want to say bla
    blablablablablablablablablablablablablablanlanlanlanlanlabalbaknlablablablablablablablanlabal

  9. Penguin Boy says:

    Hey Penguin Guru! I know what I wanna do after college (i am a senior in high school now). I want to work at the Penguin Encounter exhibit at sea world Orlando. I need your help with something. I have Never pet a real penguin before and want to make the moment memorable to me. The penguin encounter there has many species of penguin. They do NOT have emperor. I know for sure that they have King (the second largest),Gentoo (the fastest swmming), Adelie, Chinstrap, Rockhopper, and Macaroni and maybe more! Can you help me decide which should be the first penguin that I pet? 🙁

  10. Sheena says:

    Penguin Boy, I think you should pet the Adelies in tribute to Osborne!!! 🙄 By the way, I have pet a penguin before in South Africa, and not even at a zoo! It was a penguin sanctuary at the beach at Cape Point, and the colony was HUGE!!!! 😯 😮 And I’m not even in high school yet.

    Love the artwork in the last panel, it kinda freaks me out!! 😮 It sorta looks like an ancient petrel tribe with the cheiftan all-commanding! But how’d a WHALE CARCASS get up there?? 😕 🙄 ❓
    Anywya adore the lookup and the comic! 😛

  11. Sheena says:

    Sorry ,meant anyway. 😳

  12. Sheena says:

    I bet the skuas might have something to do next…. 🙄 😕 ❓

  13. clubpenguindude says:

    is that a ribcage behind the pertrel king? 😯 😮 i bet he killed a whale with that harpoon thingie and let it rot..or maybe just ate it

  14. Android says:

    :mrgreen: 😐 😈 ➡ 😯 🙂 😕 😎 👿 😀 💡 😳 😛 🙄 😉 😥 😮 😆 😡 🙁 ❗ ❓

    I,ve never seen these smilies before!Nice comic!

  15. Andrew says:

    IM BAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Nice comic!Un-Ban me PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEse!Oh good comics so far

  16. Andrew says:

    Lemme Bak!:sad: 🙁

  17. Semakora says:

    @Poppy: Twisted, he is smiling evily. 😈

    Evil, he’s just angry really… o_o 👿

  18. Semakora says:

    Also, love the smilies :mrgreen: They’re really cool :cool:! But… 😕 Meh, nevermind… 😮 😡 😛

  19. Semakora says:

    ATTACK, MY MINIONS!!!
    :mrgreen: 😐 😈 ➡ 😯 🙂 😕 😎 👿 😀 💡 😳 😛 🙄 😉 😥 😮 😆 😡 🙁 ❗ ❓

  20. steve-o says:

    TY WHAT DID YOU DO TO FRIENDLY PENGUIN WHY WHY OH TY 👿 👿 👿 👿 OH FRIENDLY *breaks down* ITS NOT FAIR THOSE LONG NAMES WERE ANNOYING OH FRIENDLY *passes out*

  21. Jesse says:

    😯 I just realized that this storyline has been going on since the very beginning of February 😯 😥 😮 😆 😉 :mrgreen: Translation: Wally just ate Osborne!

  22. Tonie says:

    THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY ❗ 😉 😛 😀 🙂 :mrgreen: 😮 😆 I LOVE WALLY HE IS SO FUNNY ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗

  23. Tonie says:

    :mrgreen: 😐 😈 😯 🙂 😕 😎 😀 😛 🙄 😉 😥 😮 😆 😡 🙁

  24. damboozle says:

    Tyler’s not going to make another comic until june. she rarely updates now. 😥

  25. clubpenguindude says:

    Yeah, but a comic this funny has to have time

  26. Cristina says:

    the smilies are so cute!
    😀 😮

  27. Friendly Penguin says:

    OH PEOPLE I’M BACK *tears of joy* AND AM, ERM, I GUESS PRETTY HAPPY NOW THAT, ERM, OH I DON’T KNOW I’M JUST SOO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!

    AND YES, I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *maniacal laughter* 😈

  28. Cristina says:

    okay so no offence to anyone but i am getting kinda tired of this storyline, i want my good old gags back. this is taking to long.
    Wally, get osborne his beak back so you can get on with your life.

  29. This is gettin kinda old. 2 more comics about it should do it: I MISS THE OLD ONES! 😥
    Did funbrain like, take your BEST comics and stick them together?:)

  30. steve-o says:

    FRIENDLYS BACK FRIENDLYS BACK YYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: 😛 😛 😛 😛 😛 OH IM SO HAPPY I THINK IM GOING INTO A COMA OH YEAH LOVE COMAS
    I FEEL FRESH AS A DAISY THEN A ROSE THEN A BUTTERNUT THEN AN IRIS THEN CHRYSANTHEMUM OH FRIENDLY

  31. steve-o says:

    MUST EMBRACE HAPPINESS OF FRIENDLY RETURNING I KNOW ILL GO BACK AND EAT TEN POUNDS OF ICECREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  32. 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎 :mrgreen:

  33. Friendly Penguin says:

    I KNEW I’D BE BACK CUZ I AM SOO DARN FRIENDLY… :mrgreen: MY FAVOURITE SMILEY IS MRGREEN :mrgreen:

  34. Friendly Penguin says:

    Ok every time I leave a dark building (say, my school) I sneeze cuz the pavement is like WHITE. It annoys me. Lots.
    Latest Warriors news!
    If you check Wikipedia, it hints that one of the three kits from The Sight will betray his/her power, and become evil…
    Latest Seasons news!
    I am happy to inform you that my sister and I are making a series similar to Warriors, but called Seasons. The Clans are:
    AutumnClan
    SummerClan
    WinterClan
    SpringClan
    MoonClan (ancient clan, good cats go here when they die)
    FireClan (ancient clan, bad cats go here when they die)
    If the leaders of their Clans’ first names all start with their Clan’s name (say, Autumnmoon for AutumnClan) all at once, it means a prophecy that will be VERY important. Apparently, the Northern Lights are signals for the healers. The novices’ names usually end with “tail”, the gladiators’ and healers’ and mothers’ in anything, the leaders with “moon”. We switch chapters for writing, and we will give you updates as much as possible. We are also working on a comic.

  35. kazrockout says:

    omg pet roll king looks freakideaki ❗ i hope ozzy gets his beak back soon coz i need a new comic! 😈
    :mrgreen: 😐 😈 😯 🙂 😎 👿 😀 😳 😛 🙄 😉 😥 😮 😆 😡 🙁
    these smilys r FUN

  36. kazrockout says:

    hey tyler i was wondering… since i live in new zealand i cant get wally & oz tshirts so can i print off 1 of mi own? ❓ pleez? ❓
    ➡ 😎 😎 😎 😎
    ➡ 👿 👿 👿 👿

  37. clubpenguindude says:

    friendly penguin, what do cats have to do with penguins? I mean, are there a strange species of cat-penguin or something ❓

  38. steve-o says:

    Tyler honestly, these new smileys are 100 times worse than wally and osborne smileys. And these new ones are strangers. Wallly and osborne smileys are native to this site. If you dont put W&O smileys back I REFUSE to use these new ones

  39. clubpenguindude says:

    what happened to the w&o smileys? i want them baaaaack 😥

  40. clubpenguindude says:

    oh, and that petrel king should do something about his HAIR. 😎 😀

  41. clubpenguindude says:

    and this ALSO proves that wally and osborne is not dead!…right?….right????

  42. wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww says:

    i just figured out how the whale got there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 remember the one where they’re in that cave and it’s snowing and the whale goes by? i think it’shttp://wallyandosborne.com/2005/07/06/whale-storm/

  43. wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww says:

    sorry http://wallyandosborne.com/2005/07/06/whale-storm/

  44. wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww says:

    😎 im awesome 😎

  45. Cristina says:

    i don’t get it, they look like w&o smileys to me…..

  46. clubpenguindude says:

    yay they are back! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 😀 😀

  47. Friendly Penguin says:

    sorry clubpenguindude, I’m obsessed with cats… 🙂 I just got an idea!!! I’ll make a penguin comic!!!

  48. Friendly Penguin says:

    😯 ➡ :mrgreen:

    That’s what happens when Osborne experiences some sort of gag 🙂

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