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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. penguin luvr 20 says:

    i just noticed tyler has gotten 4 pages of the book done!!! yay!!! 🙂

  2. captainspud says:

    dude its kind of obvious 😈

  3. Wallace Fitzgerald McGillicutty says:

    That was rude Captainspud

  4. Wallace Fitzgerald McGillicutty says:

    Oh yes, it’s me…

    :mrgreen: 🙂 😕 😎 😀 😳 😛 😉 😥

  5. Wallace Fitzgerald McGillicutty says:

    …Wally!

    But really not Wally, it’s Osborne.

  6. Osborne says:

    Hey, Wally, erm, Osborne, I guess I became YOU as well…
    Oh yes, Osborne, it’s me, Osborne…
    …Actually Wally…
    …But also known as Osborne…
    …Who right now is Wally….

  7. Friendly Penguin says:

    That was funny :mrgreen:

  8. Cristina says:

    😯 okay now im confused. 😕 ❓

    these smilies are great!

  9. Friendly Penguin says:

    I just noticed on Happy Feet two things:
    1-On the night of the party with the southern lights, it is night (that cannot happen because it’s summer then, and it’s dark during the winter) Also, it can’t happen because then it would only be the males, the females would have left to fish in the ocean.
    2-The other skuas were copying the “boss skua” when he was telling Mumble about being abducted by aliens.

  10. clubpenguindude says:

    110th comment yay! as for happy feet, i didn’t like it one bit, i mean it was cute and all but it was all about gross things… but most people think it’s cute and happy.and not about penguins mating.

  11. Friendly Penguin says:

    I’m writing a comic for the Penguin Times on Club Penguin…
    My penguin is Bellyac…
    It’ll be a comic series for the Penguin Times!
    The first comic is FUNNY!
    Should my comic penguin be a) lime green b) pink c) purple or d) orange?
    Do you want to be featured in my comic?
    If you do, just type your penguin name to me somewhere in the comments…
    You’ll be in there sometime (My comic might not be published, but still…)

  12. Friendly Penguin says:

    Good point, Clubpenguindude, it’s almost like a romance… eww. And then the theme goes from “be yourself” to “we must regulate overfishing in Antartica” or something. But it’s a bit funny when Mumble goes sliding down that ice hill- other than that it’s not overly satisfying. And then Mumble’s dad kind of steals Mumble’s mom’s Heartsong… And besides, it’s impossible for penguins to swim all that way north, they wouldn’t like the warm water and then they’d just either be eaten by something or die from the polluted water…

  13. Friendly Penguin says:

    WHOA I just realized… Mumble ended up in Florida or somewhere around there… all the way from ANTARCTICA! That is sooo unrealistic…

  14. Friendly Penguin says:

    …also most tracking tags don’t flash or anything or have long wires and stuff. And…

    I’m too busy pointing out Happy Feet’s imperfections to compliment the comic! I am such a shame to friendly penguins everywhere… 😥

  15. phil says:

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

  16. phil says:

    the guy loooks realllllllllllllllllllllllllllly weeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrddddddddddddd like all of you!!!LOL LOL LOL ROFL haha

  17. clubpenguindude says:

    a comic for the penguin times sounds cool, i once sent them a joke. Why didn’t the bird cross the road? becasue it was a chicken! 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 …it didn’t get in though 🙁 😥

  18. mitechampion3 says:

    W&A Smilies ❗ ❓ ❗ ❓ Well nice comic Tyler, make another one ❗ ❗ ❗ The giant petrel king :eek:ed me at first… But it’s not real 🙂 From: mitechampion3

  19. mitechampion3 says:

    It’s not 4:55 ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗

  20. mitechampion3 says:

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

  21. mitechampion3 says:

    It’ts 8:00 ❗ ❗ ❗

  22. mitechampion3 says:

    I’M NOT HAPPY WITH THE TIME ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿

  23. mitechampion3 says:

    That was weird….. Still an awesome comic ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ Wonder what will happen next ❗

  24. Giant Petrel King says:

    MWAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA………………….. IT IS I, THE GIANT PETREL KING AMBASSADOR OR SOMETHING, I CAN NEVER REMEMBER, MWAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA………………….. AND WHERE I CAN SEE IT IS VERY VERY BRIGHT- A-A-ACHOO! I SHOULD MAKE A MENTAL NOTE NOT TO LOOK INTO THE SUN… WALLY WILL NOT GET THAT PENGUIN’S BEAK BACK, I HEAR HE’S A MIDGET POLAR BEAR… MWAHAHAHAH-
    exuse me…
    WHAT?
    why are you acting so crazy?
    WHO ARE YOU?
    friendly penguin.
    GET OUT!!!!!!!!!!
    then you get out of my account.
    OH, OKAY….*rustle rustle*
    Sorry, i had to fight off a petrel king and a snow petrel…

  25. Friendly Penguin says:

    Okay our computer mouse has one of those scroller wheel things in between the buttons, and when i press it down it makes a mouse-following scroller that goes way fast. When i go way fast up and down this website, it looks like the patterns are just going up slower than the comments. It’s really a sight to behold. But it only works with wire mouses that have an ability to press down the scroller.
    ^
    *
    \/
    it looks like that but better.

  26. steve-o says:

    Hey mitchampion3 the time for me is three ours behind on this site because its the the same type of time that club penguin uses you see it regulates a certain time which is the same time for every body.
    P.S. friendly, my club penguin name is strant 1314 tell me yours

  27. clubpenguindude says:

    yeah, i’ve noticed that Penguin Standard Time is 3 hours off. My penguin name is Vankakka.

  28. clubpenguindude says:

    I don’t go on club penguin much, even though they have that new search for the map.(the map is at the snow forts, and when i got to the forest i tried nubbing* but it didn’t work)
    *nubbing is when you press f11 to make it full screen and then press the white area under the chat bar. It’s good if you want to hide.

  29. Penguin Boy says:

    Hey guys, i thought of a job i could have. I can buy a penguin mascot costume and entertain at birthday parties. It would be lots of fun, and no one would know who I am inside. What do ya think? And in case I would have to use the bathroom, I could just wear a diaper underneath the costume. That way if i am busy entertaining, I would just pee in my diaper and keep playing with the kids. Diapers WOULD help, don’t you think? I would love to be a penguin and help at parties!

  30. Friendly Penguin says:

    My penguin name is Bellyac, and I will add you two eventually, strant 1314 and Vankakka. I see a plan for a comic already…

  31. Friendly Penguin says:

    Zabsone : ) that’s my latest Neopet she’s soo pretty look up Bellyac_3_3 on neopets if you go on and then see Zabsone if you want to make a female peophin try the name Zaabsonef…

  32. Sarah da penguin lvr says:

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

  33. Sarah da penguin lvr says:

    srry had to test em out!!!

  34. clubpenguindude says:

    penguin neopets? or just neopets?

  35. clubpenguindude says:

    I don’t have a neopet. 😐

  36. Cristina says:

    happy monday every one! 😐
    todays my last full day of school i couldn’t be happier! :mrgreen:
    actually i could be if it was the first day of summer break………. 🙂

  37. Poppy says:

    My penguin is called Bounder! 😉

  38. Friendly Penguin says:

    You can make a penguin neopet. It’s called a bruce, but i don’t have one : (
    And I will add you into my comic, Bounder.

  39. Jonah says:

    😎 Club penguin is alsome! My account name is kuz_dat_k00l I go on Mammoth server! Im also designeing my igloo for the new contest! 😎

  40. damboozle says:

    when is tyler going to make another comic!?

  41. dood says:

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

    • Maxa says:

      yes! i bought the books bcasuee i liked the illustrations, but it turns out my daughter (2 1/2) loves them, too! particularly the way back home .if you don’t know adam rex, go check him out, too. we have pssst and it’s amazing and a favourite.

  42. clubpenguindude says:

    Yeah, I’m not a member, but i don’t really care about being a member, it’s fun either way.Even though being a member is slightly more fun. I am just waiting until they open the forest more. 😎

  43. clubpenguindude says:

    oh, and in the comic, why is the sky orange? is it sunset or something ❓

  44. Cristina says:

    :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
    Only one hour left of school!!!!
    HORAY!!!!

  45. Friendly Penguin says:

    I go in the North Pole server in Canada usually. I’m not a member, my mom promised we could but we don’t have time right now.

  46. Cristina says:

    *sigh* 🙁
    i wish there would be a new comic next time i come back. that would be great……. 🙂

  47. Cristina says:

    :mrgreen: 😀 :mrgreen: 😀 :mrgreen: 😀 :mrgreen: ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗
    I AM ON SUMMER BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!
    HORAY
    THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD MAKE THIS DAY BETTER IS……
    a new w&o
    sniff sniff.

  48. clubpenguindude says:

    148th comment! Wow, i think that’s the most comments that a w&o comic ever got…maybe 😎

  49. clubpenguindude says:

    yeah, every time i go on here i expect the same comic because it’s like it never changes anymore 🙁

  50. clubpenguindude says:

    Ooh, when you go on the Surfs Up website, you can click this sweepstakes thing where you can win a LIFETIME membership to club penguin…woah 😯

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