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Discussion Questions: What is the secret to living a long life? Can we learn something from Alfred Date who says he has been knitting for 80 years?
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109-Year-Old Man Knits Sweaters for Penguins
Alfred Date is a 109-year-old Australian man who keeps busy by knitting sweaters for injured penguins. Australia’s oldest man. donates the little sweaters to a Phillip Island wildlife foundation. The organization uses the Knits for Nature program to rehabilitate penguins that have been injured from an oil spill. Oil causes penguins to become cold and incapable of hunting. Sweaters are placed on the penguins to keep them warm and prevent them from preening and swallowing oil. The sweaters are a temporary solution until veterinarians can wash the birds.
Alfred Date is the oldest man in Australia. He knits sweaters for injured penguins.
These penguins needs sweaters because they are victims of an oil spill. The sweaters keep the penguins warm and protect them from swallowing oil.
The report mentions veterinarians because animal doctors eventually wash the penguins. The sweaters are a temporary solution.
