Penguin's wetsuit puts him back in the swim of things

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Pierre the Penguin 25 wears his wetsuit at the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco Thursday April 17 2008. Pierre who was going bald began wearing a wetsuit six weeks ago and has begun growing back his feathers.(AP PhotoEric Risberg)
Pierre the Penguin, 25, wears his wetsuit at the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Thursday, April 17, 2008. Pierre, who was going bald, began wearing a wetsuit six weeks ago and has begun growing back his feathers.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

(AP) -- What's black and white and warm all over? A penguin in a wetsuit, naturally. Sounds like a joke, but it's quite serious for biologists at the California Academy of Sciences, who had a wetsuit created for an African penguin to help him get back in the swim of things.


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