Thursday, November 13, 2008

King penguin receives Norwegian knighthood







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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