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Shortly after the Ohio penguins arrived, they jumped in the pond and began swimming rapidly in circles. Soon the others joined them. They have kept at it since, stopping only at dusk, when they stagger out to sleep. "We've lost complete control," says Jane Tollini, the penguins' keeper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Penguins On the Go | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

Then there are the zoo's two female Canada geese, who have laid more than 40 unfertilized eggs for each other and are inseparable. Named Gertie and Alice--after Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas--the pair are favorites of animal keeper Jane Tollini...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: The News of the Weird | 2/22/1992 | See Source »

...guide for the no-children Valentine tour, Tollini takes a keen interest in the sex lives of her charges...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: The News of the Weird | 2/22/1992 | See Source »

...recent tour, Tollini pointed out some of the contraceptive stars, such as Violet, slouched in the entrance to her cave munching on leaves. Since 1986, Violet has been taking human birth control pills, straight from the supermarket...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: The News of the Weird | 2/22/1992 | See Source »

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