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Over the years, the famous king penguin has been promoted up through the ranks to attain his lofty status. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=267826&in_page_id=2"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.metro.co.uk/img/7C752279-415D-4A13-8395-1DAA35478ED6" alt="Nils Olav penguin" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=267826&in_page_id=2"><P class="article"> At a ceremony today, with the permission of King Harald V of Norway, he was granted a knighthood. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=267826&in_page_id=2"><P class="article"> Nils Olav first became an honorary member after a young lieutenant called Nils Egelien first visited the penguins at the Zoo in the 1970s, liked what he saw, and made one of them a Lance Corporal. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=267826&in_page_id=2"><P class="article"> The animal has received medals for long service and had a 4ft bronze statue built in his honour. Of course, when we say that he's had a long service, it should be pointed out that the penguin honoured today isn't actually the original Nils Olav. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=267826&in_page_id=2"><P class="article"> Nils Olav Mark I died in the 1980s, and was replaced by a two-year-old penguin at the Zoo, who became the new Nils Olav. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A0E6E9D9-4978-424E-ABE6-A32079C93329/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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