Nils Olav, an Edinburgh Zoo penguin and
Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard, an elite unit tasked with
protecting the Norwegian royal family, inspects soldiers of his regiment
as they visit him in Edinburgh, Scotland, Friday Aug. 15, 2008, where he
was presented with a medal. The original Nils Olav first became an
honorary member of the regiment in 1972, when a young lieutenant called
Nils Egelien visited the penguins at the zoo, but died in the 1980s, and
was replaced by the current Nils Olav. (Chinese media/Reuters Photo)
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Tourists photograph King penguin Nils
Olav as he walks past soldiers from the Norwegian King's Guard after he
received a Knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo August 15, 2008. Edinburgh Zoo
penguin Olav has been an honorary member and mascot of the Norwegian
King's Guard since the 1980s and was made Honorary Colonel-in-Chief in
2005.(Chinese media/Reuters Photo)
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