Hey! Who the hell is in charge of this ZOO??!?!??!

[underpants]

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.
(AP Photo/David Cheskin-pa)




King penguin Nils Olav receives a Knighthood from the Norwegian King's Guard during a ceremony at Edinburgh zoo , Scotland 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.
REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN)

[TwilightGardener]

1. That is absolutely adorable.

[mainegreen]

2. "Stand up straight or I'll beak you in the balls!"

Looks like he'd do a great salute with that flipper!

[underpants]

3. Next!

[Jack Rabbit]

4. I'll bet the Colonel is thinking about food and sex

. . . and wondering where that bucket of fish is.

[ceile]

5. That made me smile.

Thanks for posting this!

[redqueen]

6. Awwwww... he has a little arm band!

:P



But err... Scotland has a special elite guard dedicated to protecting the Norwegian royals?

:wtf:

[underpants]

7. It's complicated

:shrug:

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. They're in Ediburgh for the military tattoo

http://www.edintattoo.co.uk/

They are Norwegian.

[redqueen]

9. Ah... ok... thanks.

What an odd celebration.

[irish.lambchop]

10. I bet that Colonel-in-Chief

is loads smarter than our 'Commander-in-Chief'!

[Island Blue]

11. He looks more presidential - that's for damn sure. n/t